To kilt in modern north american society

[Alan H]

In college, I roomed with a HUGE black guy who hailed from inner Los Angeles. The Black Students Union had a dance that year. The dude wore a huge rabbit-fur coat and a white top hat.

TO ME and to MY STANDARDS he looked like a clown. But to him and his friends, he was the epitome of "smart" and stylish.

I could say that he looked like a clown. But that would indicate that I'm applying my standards of what's "smart" to his decisions and that's kind of short-sighted, isn't it? I mean, the thread is about wearing a kilt in modern American society and the cold, hard truth is that many, many many people think that "the kilt" is a silly anachronism, not the epitome of dashing and debonair.