Blu (Ontario) wrote: Everything you've said all comes down to one word... "Respect". And this I absolutely make every effort to do. However, with regards to the end of your post, are you suggesting that casual attire may not be appropriate? I'm not quite sure how to interpret what you've said.
I was most definitely not trying to say that casual attire is inappropriate - I was trying to express in a clumsy way exactly what you summed up with the word "respect". I believe that, whether the context be casual or formal, anyone who wears a Scottish kilt should wear it with reasonable respect for tradition.

And, Graham, the FULL sentence I wrote was: I have no quarrel with anyone wearing any available Scottish tartan he chooses, although I cannot see the logic in selecting, say, Smith tartan, if your name is Wallace.
I can only repeat what I first wrote: I have no quarrel with anyone wearing any available Scottish tartan he chooses. If someone wants to "mix and match" tartans in any way he wishes, that's fine by me - it is simply that, since all tartans are named after a clan, or family-name, or district, or organization, I do not see any logic in selecting a tartan with which the wearer has no association if there is actually a tartan available with which he does have an association, however tenuous. But, even if there is an association, it is perfectly acceptable, as far as I am concerned, that a man may choose a tartan for his kilt for no other reason than that he likes the colours and pattern - I just would not do that myself.