Even in the Hebrides

[Markth]

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.

I would agree with this. In town yesterday we saw 2 couples heading off to a wedding. Both lads wore kilts first wore what I would consider to be a traditional outfit and the second was almost entirely dressed in black, kilt, shirt, hose, belt etc. I thought both looked good. My father wears his kilt outfit in a different way to me and young lads often choose a more modern approach than mine. I think most folk here accept the evolution whilst respecting the traditional look as well. So it is not unusual to see many variations at a wedding and no one really cares.