Quote Originally Posted by Joshua View Post
I agree with this. I consider most of my highland wear to be semi-traditional, mostly due to weather. However, there are times I'll be out and about in scrunched hose, boots, and a t-shirt. That I would consider "unconventional" and I would happily concede it is my take on "modern, unconventional, casual kilting".
I don't consider scrunched hose, boots, or a t-shirt to be "unconventional" when worn with a kilt. To use the lable "unconventional" is to suggest that we recognize and accept a standard or set of rules for wearing a kilt which these items do not meet. Look around; scrunched hose, boots, and t-shirts are common items of apparel, today, and to apologize for wearing them with a kilt (and, worse, to expect others to apologize) is not acceptable to me.

If you want to adhere to the conventions of Scottish dress that developed between 1901 and the 1980's, celebrate the experience, but don't tell me that any deviation from those conventions is "unconventional" in 2011!

I do not see a problem with the way this forum is defined. It is quite clear that it is a forum for discussions of kilts as they have been worn since the 1980's. That is inclusive all forms of modern kilts as well for traditional kilts worn with other clothing that would not have been worn with kilts before the1980's.

The problem is that some members treat any discussion in this forum with disdain, and rudely belittle or dismiss any idea or fashion that does not measure up to their own perception of the right way to think or dress. To argue with those people is a waste of time, for both the offended party and to other members who are reading the discussion; to bring their rudeness to the attention of the moderators and the owner is appropriate.