Ok. So I was out last week and all last weekend to a "Medieval Event" called Estrella War. There was probably about 8,000 - 10,000 people there. Over the course of the week I probably saw around 100 different people wearing "kilts". I can count on one hand how many of them looked good doing so. I really wish I had thought of it sooner, but I should have brought my camera around with me taking pictures.

Anyways, I find myself being EXTREMELY critical of the "kilts" that other people are wearing and I believe that I have probably forgotten the best part about a kilt. "if you have fun wearing it, do so".

Now all that being said though, I do still believe that there should be some kind of "standards" when wearing a kilt and please correct me if you disagree. Here are some of the things that I saw over the last week that just made me cringe.

1) There must be pleats for it to be considered a kilt. Otherwise it's just a plaid piece of fabric wrapped around the waist.

2) Please have more than 5 or 6 pleats if they are knife pleats. (box pleats are ok)

3) Do not pleat the kilt ALL THE WAY around.

4) If you're going to wear a kilt, respect it. Don't go giving people that take it seriously a bad name.

5) If you're going for the "authentic" look, and you have all the accessories, bells and whistles, please wear nice looking shoes too. Flip Flops, Sandels, should probably be replaced with different shoes, IF you're going for the full dress look.

I'm sure there are more that I saw over the last week but those were the major ones. Again, I think i'm turning into a kilt snob because I used to just think "Hey, there's a guy wearing plaid around his waist! Awesome!" And now I have to fully inspect the person to see if they are doing in right. I'm sure I should probably just let it go, and I'll try, but does anyone else out there catch themselves OVER analyzing other people in kilts?