It is simply a fact of life that to most people kilts = tartan and that is that. However, I don't like this juxtposition of traditional kilts vs. solid kilts. That simply is a false division. Who says traditional kilts cannot be solid? I can show you a portrait from the early seventeenth century of a man in a solid colored kilt! I think what separates a traditional kilt from a contemporary/modern kilt is construction, not color.
Aye,
Matt
Excelent Matt, my comments exactly.....I have been told that's not a kilt...it has no tartan.....I have 3 solid kilts and one plaid , for the most part I get a few snickers/comments as i pass by,, yesterday while getting some groceries, I had an older gentleman ask me if he gets comments on his shorts , that I must get quite a few, I told him that the kilt is warmer and more comfortable that shorts..... he took a step back, and looked , and had to agree.
just one more that has been enlightened to the kilt.
I think it's a sort of distinction over the material that the kilt is made of. A solid color wool (or poly-viscose) would look more "trad" to me than the canvas variety...bear in mind that I personally lean toward the school of thought that tartan looks better but I certainly won't knock the canvas/modern/utility unbifurcated men's garment school...that's like knocking guys who wear tab collar shirts because I prefer button down collar shirts.
Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
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