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

[Jock Scot]

Jock, I'm honestly surprised at your stand that were you for some reason to emigrate to Canada, you'd cease wearing the kilt. I'm also surprised that you don't wear it at all when not in the Highlands. I didn't know that. Now, "surprised" is a good thing in this case, because I learned something from it.

So........

Good on ye for being consistent in what you say and do.

Honestly, everybody needs to try to UNDERSTAND other folks opinions here.... that doesn't mean you have to AGREE with them, and it certainly doesn't mean that just because you disagree with someone you have to change things that you do. It's just that on this forum about kilts, it's good to UNDERSTAND each other. Sometimes, as Jock has pointed out, that's the best we can do, and we just shake hands and carry on, happily disagreeing with each other.

It has to go both ways.... Lads from Scotland who look at all this fuss and bother and shake their heads need to understand that people outside of Scotland may feel that they have a wide variety of reasons for wearing a kilt, not all of them are grounded in "pretending to be a Scot". YOU may think they're "pretending to be a Scot" and certainly some of them are, but many believe they are not doing so.

On the other hand, folks in the US, Canada, Britain, Germany, New Zealand and Australia need to understand that some people...not ALL people, but some people in Scotland think that a lot of this obsession and dressing up in kilts is kind of odd, and in some ways inappropriate.

I'm not going to tell these lads that they have to... HAVE TO change their opinion so that my comfort level goes up.

Don't you read EVERY word that I post here Alan? I am surprised at you!

No of course you don't and why should you? Actually my thinking on not wearing the kilt outwith Scotland is not that unusual. If you want a very public demonstration of this, then we only need to look at our Royal Family. Has anyone seen them, or a picture of them, as adults, in CIVILIAN kilt attire(I am not talking about military uniforms) outwith Scotland? They may of course and no doubt some internet expert will prove me wrong, but I doubt it. They like me, might make an exception on rare occasion, but I think not.

You may remember some time ago Thescot(Jim) was getting all excited that Prince Edward was going to visit Jim's local Highland games and poor Jim was absolutely sure that The Prince would wear the kilt. Jim and I had a fun time for a month or two doing the "oh yes he will", "oh no he won't " thing and it even got to serious stuff of us having a bet----a wee dram------ I knew it was a sure fire certainty that I was going to win-------and I did! Sorry Jim.

Now I don't think as I do just because the Royal Family do, I am not that shallow, but we happen to think alike because that is traditional Scottish thinking on kilt matters. Nothing more. And before umpteen pictures get posted here "proving" otherwise, yes there are exceptions! We see Clan Chiefs at Highland Games abroad clad in the kilt so it happens.

I can not do those attachment thingies, but a piece on: Mail online 10 July 2016 called "No Clan Do Charles" might be worth a look for some of you.