Quote Originally Posted by Kent Frazier View Post
My wife, a friend of ours and I are debating on what makes a kilt "formal". They are saying that there is a difference in the way the kilt is cut, pleated, etc. I said I though the "accessories" (jacket, sporran, etc.) are what makes it formal wear.

Who is correct?

Thanks,

Kent.
Both! It comes back to the question of Traditional and Non-Traditional.

Would you wear a pair of jeans and consider yourself formal? No. But is there any real difference between the cut of a pair of jeans and the cut of a pair of formal pants? No.

Would I wear a Utilikilt or sport kilt with a formal jacket, to a formal affair? No.

But would someone be wrong if they had a utilikilt made from really nice fabric and then wore it with a PC? No, they wouldn't be wrong, but neither would they be traditional.

I have seen black kilts worn with a PC that didn't look bad, but I don't think they looked traditional either.

We now have many cuts of kilts. Any one of which, when made from a nice fabric could be worn with a formal jacket.