Quote Originally Posted by bear@bearkilts.com
To a guy who wears his kilt twice a year, it's a costume.
I dunno, Bear. I have to agree with Todd on this one. Just because a guy chooses to wear his kilt on the rare occasion doesn't mean it's a costume.
The word 'costume" has a lot of negative baggage hung on it in this crowd. In other circles, it's not a "bad" word at all.

I wore my new, formal cut Bear Kilt to a wedding just the other day. That's a special occasion, so is it therefore a costume?

NOT!

How about me mate Phil, who wore a MacFarlane tartan vest to his wedding, and probably won't wear it a lot, henceforth? Is that vest a "costume?

I sometimes wear tuxedos, usually for a concert I'm playing. At that point the tux is literally "work clothes" but I only do that sort of work 2-3 times a year any more. So is my tux a costume, since I don't wear it a lot?

"special occasion wear" does not necessarily equal "costume", with all that word...."costume" implies 'round here..

One other thing, though this isn't directed at Bear, either. There's a strong bias on this board for wearing casual clothes. That's fine.

My Dad wore his neatly pressed United State Navy Uniform to work for twenty-seven yeyars. When he was on board ship, things got lax, but on land, he was always pressed, clean and shipshape. When He retired he went to wrok for the County of Monterey and always wore a tie and a sportcoat to work.

I know men who wear suits every day, and are comfortable in them. I know guys w ho wear blue jeans and t-shirts to work and are comfortable in them.

The CLOTHES don't make the person. The PERSON makes the person.

so I might respectfully suggest that we all state our opinions over what kinds of clothing work well for ourselves, but not suggest that people who dress differently from us are somehow dysfunctional. After all, remember that we, the kilt-wearers are the aberrant ones in society.