Just what makes a traditional kilt?

[Jock Scot]

So where does that leave modern kilts stemming from 19th century highland revival and romanticism?

From my point of view THIS is where the traditional kilt starts from. The 19th Century.

We can split hairs all day long with this date or that date and never agree.

We can also split hairs of this historic style or that historic style to eternity and get absolutely nowhere in this discussion. So endless discussion on minute historic detail , though important to some, is heading us straight into the mire.

Come on chaps, we all know what a traditional kilt is without delving into historical attire minutiae . Don’t we?

Well, my plan failed! Its my fault, I should have made myself more clear. Sorry. I am talking more about the end of the 19th century onwards and particularly, the last 75 years

[jhockin]

Just for the sake of encouraging the subject, it has been discussed in this forum before, for example:
https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...torical-80072/

[Jock Scot]

Well alright the conversation has not gone at all the way I had hoped. I was attempting not to steer the conversation and had hoped that kilt construction, materials and so on would be a large part of the subject. Particularly as modern materials, pockets and so on seem to be popular subjects and far from traditional. However it hasn't. No worries, it was entirely predictable, although disappointing.

It is very interesting that the two British contributors understood what I was asking, the rest went off at many and different courses!

Mods, perhaps the thread could be closed, please.