Even in the Hebrides

[Phil]

As you can see, even in the home of the kilt, there are those who wear ecru hose, ghillie brogues and waitbelts and waistcoats at the same time. Whether you appreciate the aesthetic or not, I think this is good evidence that such fashion choices are not the exclusive domain of those "outwith the Scottish Highlands".

You don't need to go back 28 years to experience this style of dress at a Scottish wedding. Any wedding in any Scottish town nowadays will see the majority of kilted guests dressed in exactly this way. I don't really think that the majority of Scots give a moments thought to the niceties of Highland dress in the way that it is examined, criticised and pontificated about in a Forum such as this.