When I wear my traditional Scottish kilts they turn a few heads and I do get some compliments. I also have two cheap all black Mercy kilts in very lightweight cotton polyester, which have fewer pleats and are longer, hitting to below knee and just brushing the top of my hose. Being so light, they swing like skirts rather than kilts yet nobody has ever called them skirts. I've even been complimented two or three times on these as being smart looking kilts. My wife always likes to see me in any of my kilts but prefers these cheap kilts as they are a more modest length. These cheap kilts generally draw little or no attention, compared to traditional kilts, possibly due to the absence of exposed knee.