I have learned that the "Nice Skirt" is generally a compliment, especially from the ladies. This is true of a neighbor whose husband wears the kilt in a pipe band. Usually right after the "Nice Skirt,I like the tarta...Oops, I meant kilt!". For many people the kilt is worn on a gent in a parade or on the field at a reenactment. The general public is not even aware of Highland Games. The skirt comment is the only thing that comes to mind when meeting a kilted man in person. Today, no less than twenty people asked me about the Roslindale Parade, and if I was in it. ( I was not) All this in one grocery store.
Slainte