Non-tartan kilts

[MacSpadger]

I have seen one!!!!!

If we are talking about utilikilts I have seen only one as well, although in England, not Scotland. It remains the only one I have seen yet. At first I did not recognise it as a kilt at all, it looked to me like a giant inflated pair of MOD issue Chindit style baggies, or a khaki attempt at Elizabethan knickerbockers. I don't wish to knock anyone who wears utilikilts, but, maybe because of my cultural upbringing, it looked insanely askew to my eyes. I just could not see it as a kilt and I don't consider myself as a traditionalist at all.

I have no problem with solid colour kilts, and can recognise well tailored non-tartan kilts as kilts. I actually think John Brown's 3 piece suit looks awfy smart, but the utilikilt, Ah just cannae' get mah napper roond it. I have been wearing kilts for around 40 years, but there is much on this forum that is alien to me, so normally I jist sit here haudin' mah wheest an biting mah tongue.
I'll just add that, again, Jock Scot is correct about old kilts being worn. I don't really know anyone who has ever bought a cheaper or PV kilt. In the 70's and 80's I wore an old Lovat Scouts issue Hunting Stewart kilt for everyday wear, including being out in town or on the hills. It was much repaired and eventually fell apart. You can buy old kilts readily over here for about the price of an ordinary pair of jeans at markets, there is a guy that does a travelling market stall in the NE, (he pitches at Turrif, Aboyne, Ballater, etc) that sells secondhand and army surplus kilts starting at £30. I'm speaking 16oz up to 22oz wool here.
He also sells argylls, etc. I got a beauty of a petrol blue argyll off him for £20. Some people pay that for a dodgy t-shirt with a corporation logo on it.
The good kilts get kept in the wardrobe for the smarter occasions. Here's a reminder of how smart John Brown looked in a solid coloured kilt.