Quote Originally Posted by Ugly Bear
Maybe it's because prior to Utilikilts, the kilt was simply a traditional garment and/or an ethnic costume. It was fine in Glasgow or Edinburgh, but out-of-place in Haywood Co. Villegas gave us a garment that has the advantages of the traditional design without the distinctive cultural pinning.
Great insight there, Bear.

The kilt is a garment with a history. Villegas gave it a future.
You're killing me here. Spot on. Couldn't be more right.

The irony here is that the re-invention of the kilt is going to revive interest in the traditional Scottish design. Take me, for example: I never considered wearing any sort of Scottish kilt until I had a few UK's and PK's in my wardrobe. My first USA Kilt was a custom-design denim, because I didn't want tartan. Now I have plenty of tartans, including 3 from USA Kilts. Like you and your wife, more people are going to have revelations in the coming years.
On the other hand, my mother kept me in little kilts until I was 7 years old, including all of the first grade. I hated it when she insisted that the time had come for (shudder) pants. I think that transition had a major effect on my outlook on life. After all, why is something that has for all of one's life been the norm suddenly unacceptable? It messed my head up.


Villegas will get and deserve a lot of the credit.
And so he should.