Wearing your kilt to other cultural events

[Mr. MacDougall]

At the recent release party for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, there were many people dressed in costumes from the Harry Potter mileu... I, myself, was wearing Ravenclaw robes, along with a tie in house colors. This may be seen as cultural clothing, since it was specific to the geek sub-culture involved in the Harry Potter books.

There were also two young men, probably somewhat drunk, who had put on any clothes they could find which, in their minds, looked stupid. They wandered around, putting on bad, fake English accents, asking if people knew the way back to the shire, where Gandalf was, and so on.

In my book, that's disrespectful. Going to Oktoberfest in a kilt, and participating in the German events, is not.

[apack]

A bit off topic, but amusing nonetheless...

I wore a kilt to the Harry Potter release party at a local bookstore. I was accompanying my daughter, who went as Ginny Weasley, complete with robes, wand, and Hogwarts tie. MANY people asked me what character I was supposed to be! They were all convinced there was a kilted Scotsman in the book somewhere, and they couldn't quite remember his name...