this is sorta offtopic but I after perusing the Tripp threads it seems more important to me.

it's a question more than anything....

I work in a cd store and music is very crucial to me. I play it, collect it, sell it.....the whole thing. Every so often, I'll discover something fresh and new musically and it's really inspiring. A new jazz album, a new drummer I admire, a new song that can bring me to tears....whatever.
So I spend my days trying to get people to take a chance and buy it themselves. I have to share the love.
And then it happens, my new thing becomes popular with the masses and every Tom, Dick and Harry races into the store to buy it. I often hear them talking about it with their friends while they browse the cd bins, and it makes me cringe. Because it's no longer my little secret. I can't claim any sort of ownership anymore. All of the new band wagoners feel like poseurs to me.
When this type of thing happens, I have to take a step back and tell myself that, I was there once, just a few short weeks ago i too was a newbie.
I know it's shallow and closed minded to be so selfish, but as I get older I'm able to recognize when I'm thinking negativly and try to make positive changes and instead be encouraging as possible.

so the question is this....do any of you feel this way? about anything?

more specifically do you feel this way about kilts?
Instead of immediately dismissing something as "ugly." Why not step back and realize that ugly to you or not, somebody out there might just think it's cool. Those people who are willing to take a chance on something new, are the future.

Those newbie kids just discovering that popular cd, might be inspired to pick up an instrument and create new and wonderful music.
Just like that Tripp kilt wearer might be inspired to create the next wave of kilts or kilt accessories.

similarly they might want to become classically trained in their respective arts. Either way, new blood should always be welcomed in my mind.