FM,
I might observe first, that nothing you described about how you wear the kilt offends or disturbs me or suggests something "out of bounds," so to speak.
The kilt...even when worn by a "staunch traditionalist"...is not a uniform, after all, and if truth be told there are any number of sartorial variations that have either historical or practical antecedents. Suspenders, for instance...these are not only practical but were recognized as being practical probably at least as far back as a hundred years ago. I wear a pair of braces with one of my kilts for the same reason you wear them with yours.
I love notch lapel vests and even though the "kilt police" would probably issue me a citation (at the least), there are historical precedents for wearing notched lapel vests with a kilt that, if nothing else, make them certifiably "traditional."
Anyway, I'm not sure whether I am to the right or left (one always thinks he is in the middle 
) but all of this is an interesting consideration that (thankfully) elevates our discourse above the level of chit-chat or, worse, "grunt and slap."
Last edited by DWFII; 31st January 09 at 03:48 PM.
DWFII--Traditionalist and Auld Crabbit
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