Quote Originally Posted by highlander_Daz
.................................................. .................- a lassie shouldnt wear a "kilt" except when pipeing or Highland dancing as part of a uniform ..............................
This is something that has troubled me for some time: I remember the days when Lassies competed in Highland Dance dressed as "Lassies" - flowing white, just below the knee, dresses with little velvet waistcoats and tartan sashes or plaids, and with their hair dressed naturally. Now they all look absolutely identical, apart from the colours of their 'uniforms' of what was once male attire: boys' kilt, tartan hose and waistcoat, and with the hair tightly pulled back and dressed into a 'bun'. My question: why on earth the male kilt and tartan hose? What's wrong with lassies looking like lassies?

When they did, there were plenty of male Highland Dancers in competition too - dressed as men! Now, it is extremely rare to see male dancers competing. My theory is that laddies, seeing the lassies wearing 'their' kilts, are not prepared to appear in public in what is now considered to be a lassie's costume!

Many years ago, I studied Highland Dance for my own enjoyment, not competition, but had I taken it to that stage, I believe I too would have had some reservations had the competing lassies been dressed as they are today!