Quote Originally Posted by wildrover View Post
So why put the cutoff at the 80s? Were the 80s really so bad, that even kilts were affected?
Sean, I think the 80's were chosen because that's when the rent-a-kilt business really took off, with stores like Pro-Nuptia and Moss Bros. (both in the UK) cashing in on the kilted wedding business with the "cookie cutter" look, which soon became ubiquitous. This also coincides with the publication, in 1979, of "So You're Going To Wear The Kilt" which did as much (in the opinion of many traditionalists) to dumb down Highland attire as it did to promote the wearing of the same.

As with any "time line" the demarcation is always going to be somewhat arbitrary, but in this instance 1980 is probably as good a choice as any.