The great kilt is great for sweeping cups off coffee tables, and anything else which happens to be on it at the time, and it has a tendency to snag on any handy knob or handle - and as for never passing a bicycle without grabbing handle bar, brake lever or even the saddle - 10/10 for that.
I thought it might make a cosy wrap around for winter mornings, but it very soon met with a pair of scissors and became a much better mannered dressing gown with pleats falling from a shoulder yoke.
Anne the Pleater.
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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