Quote Originally Posted by aikinut
Quote Originally Posted by Brasilikilt
I already know that MY response to¨some negative reactions will be simple:

You must first learn to ride a Honda before you ride a Harley.....
That wouldn't be my reaction. Mine would be more along the lines of "I'm not trying to ride a Harley, I'm trying to drive to work." By this I mean that a traditional kilt is for one set of circumstances, a non-traditional kilt is for another. I could ride a Harley to work, but for me it's not the best thing for getting to work every single day. It's uncomfortable in cold or rain, and I like to listen to the radio or a CD on the way to work. I could wear an 8-yard wool tartan kilt to work or the grocery store, but for me it's not the best thing for the job.

Personally though, I've never had a negative reaction from someone else wearing a kilt. At least, not to my face.
Okay...you have made good points in which I agree. I think once again maybe I didn't explain myself well enough. I'm not talking about day-to-day kilt wearing.....I'm talking about a St Patrick's day celebration where there's almost certainly going to be some hard-core traditional kilted gents walking around who might not like my "new fangled" kilt because they might assume that I was somehow making fun, or somehow doing traditional kilts an injustice.

I'm thinking this because I remember Native Americans consider it disrespectful to their traditions for (white?) people to be messing with items somehow linked to their heritage and ancestors.....
I have a strong celtic background, tartan or not kilts are certainly linked to my heritage and ancestors as I'm sure is the same case for many of you.
I wear my black kilt because I thought it would be a looooooong time before I would be able to work my way up the ladder to afford a traditional tartan kilt.
Now I know differently, but it will still be a little while before I can shell out $100++ for one.

My wife wants to spend $400 for a japanese hair-straightening treatment. I think that will be the right time to put in my order for a kilt, who needs car insurance.....right :-)

Allright.....that's enough writing for now
Brasilikilt