untraditional traditions

[CMcG]

I think that "tradition" implies something that has been "around" for a particular length of time. As far as I know, Utilikilts, sort of the first even vaguely mainstream kilt company was founded in 2000? It's now 2010. I don't think that ten years is really enough time to establish anything like a contemporary kilt "tradition".

But then, when I think of the term "contemporary kilt" I think of something like a Freedom Kilt or a Utilikilt or an X-Kilt or an Alphakilt or an R-Kilt. Sportkilts also fit into that category.

I think that some of you lads conceive of a "contemporary kilt" as being something like 8-yards of 16 ounce tartan pleated to sett, but just happens to be worn with something less dressy than a tweed jacket and waistcoat, with hose that coordinate with the primary color of your tartan.

You're right that ten years isn't really long enough to establish a tradition. But do you think Utilikilts could become a tradition? After 10 years, there are now a host of companies making kilts in that style, rather than it having been a turn-of-the-21st-century aberration.

As for contemporary kilts, I also think of Freedom Kilt, Utilikilt, X-Kilt, Alphakilt, Sportkilt, etc, etc. But I think a traditional tank can be, and is often, worn in untraditional ways, as part of a modern kilt outfit. For example, boots with scrunched hose seems to getting quite well established though it certainly isn't THCD. Rubber chicken sporrans, on the other hand, remains a rather isolated phenomenon