Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
I don't know...I don't think so. Part and parcel of tradition...and I guess you have to decide on a personal level whether to give it due deference or not...are the founding principles and the cultural context that beget tradition. And/or...whether there is a cultural context in the first place.

...T-shirts may be a fashion that has a long tenure...it remains to be seen...but, in general, T-shirts by themselves have no significance to anyone , and certainly not on a culture-wide level (some wear Nike , some wear Coke)--they are a cultural phenomenon but I doubt they are or ever will be a tradition associated with kilts.

But more importantly, for all the reasons given above, I don't think that this kind of "tradition" can spring up on foreign soil, so to speak. Again, there are no cultural antecedents and because of that it seems (to me at least) a little arrogant for those with tenuous (at best) connections to the "founding principles" to be trying to "teach their old granny to suck eggs."
And there we have it, boys and girls. "Tradition is a body of long-established customs and beliefs viewed as a set of precedents" and "Fashion is the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time and place."

The tradition is that of the Scottish Highlands translated to Scottish National Dress. As such, the tradition is only that of Scotland. The fashion of today can only be viewed within the culture: that is, Highland dress as worn today in the "new world" is not as Scottish National Dress is today worn in Scotland (that's where "granny" lives).

So where was this photo taken and is there any need to critique what he is wearing within the fashion of that place? Or is he just mixing two cultures?