Is it possible to wear a kilt and not look like you're from Scotland?

[Jock Scot]

In my humble opinion, anyone dressed in a Clan/Scottish District/Scottish military surplus tartan is trying to dress as a Scot. Which has more than one problem attached to that train of thought and many of those outwith Scotland will certainly have difficulty with that idea.

Whilst there are are many tartans that have no connection to Scotland---the Maple leaf for example and could, in a Utopian world, solve many problems particularly with the direct Scottish connection, but we don't live in Utopia. That does make things difficult for the non tartan expert----most of us----- and does make things very difficult as mistakes are bound to be made so clear identification is required. That perhaps is possible on a website such as this, but in the wild that will be at the very least, difficult for the "man in the street" the world over, who will think "tartan kilt= Scotland".

For the "utility style kilt" things are easier as they have no Scots connection and their owners on the whole do not attempt to add a Scottish connection to them and frankly the Scots know little about them anyway.