Kilts in Scotland.

[Mithral]

Short Answer: Not really, no.

Long Answer: You'll see it worn for weddings, Burns Suppers and the like, not so much for business.

[macwilkin]

If you want to see a GOOD adaptation of appropriate wear for dress or dress-casual garb that clearly and successfully defies accepted conventions for business formal OR business casual wear as well as pure dress casual wear (of course), look no further than the Bahamas. Bahama shorts with a matching jacket, Brooks Brothers shirt and tie, high hose and a nice pair of lace up dress shoes looks damn good. Drop the tie and jacket, slip on some casual leather shoes and you have fine business casual wear. Lose the dress shirt and don a nice polo shirt and leather sandals with no socks and you have perfectly acceptable dress casual wear. The common garment: Bahama shorts.

I think you mean Bermuda shorts:

http://bermuda-online.org/shorts.htm

Notice the reference to kilts in the article. Someday I hope to have a pair of authentic Bermudas.

Cheers,

Todd

[Scott Gilmore]

I think you mean Bermuda shorts:

http://bermuda-online.org/shorts.htm

Notice the reference to kilts in the article. Someday I hope to have a pair of authentic Bermudas.

Cheers,

Todd

DOH! I do indeed. Thanks for the check.

Regards,
Scott Gilmore

[arrogcow]

Gotta dissagree

A sporty-utility-kilt isn't appropriate for a professional environment. Sorry. It just doesn't work.

UK's, FK's AK's etc can be just as dressy as bermuda shorts.

Don't quite know what this has to do with kilt wearing in Scotland in general though.

Adam

[Monkey@Arms]

Since the orginal question has been answered, I won't feel too guilty about adding to the the Bermuda Shorts drift. I read an article not too long ago that said, (much like the kilt in its native land) the Bermuda Short has fallen out of favor in Bermuda. The Bermuda Short was a substitute for a suit and tie, and the new generation prefers to dress more casually. Most of the major sellers have gone out of business, and most wearers in Bermuda are in the hospitality trade. All part of globalization I guess.

Best regards,

Jake

[Rab Gordon]

To steer this thread back to topic of Kilt wearing here in Scotland...
A few weeks back, when I took Tono (from Spain) for a few beers in the local pubs we were both kilted and it was interesting that the people who knew me asked what the occassion was, assuming that I was on the way to or from some social event.
People who did'nt know me just assumed that I was a tourist
I don't think twice about going to a ceilidh, Burns supper, wedding, games, etc. in my kilt and would expect to see plenty of locals wearing the kilt. I'd also often take my kilt on holiday or 'walkabout'. But it is relatively unusual but still perfectly ok to wear it day to day.

Rab

[Robin]

I've seen 4 casual kiltwearers during my vacation...

-1 at the British Open.
-P1M
-A gentleman in Inverness
-C152T

That's it :rolleyes: