One also needs to remember, that up to the not too distant past, hand me downs and within the home adjustments, featured large in the kilted wardrobe for many, most even. So exact fits, perfect length, etc.,were not serious issues and were never going to encourage the cookie cutter styles that we are used to today, it is a shame in a way as these inevitable variations and interpretations of style did make for some super kilt attire combinations. Even with my rather more fortunate kilted background, new attire was and in some ways still is, more the exception rather than the rule.
I suppose----and this is an observation ,not a criticism-------- given that most members here are starting from scratch with their kilt attire interest, it is quite understandable that they only know the modern catalog, cookie cutter, peas in the pod type mindset, but this way of kitting ourselves out does tend to narrow the mind more than somewhat when one is deciding what to buy, when to wear it and being sometimes hyper critical with pictures of kilted attire and particularly, those of the past. What appears to have been lost though, for understandable reasons, due to this, is the confidence to make appropriate KILT ATTIRE decisions to fit the occassion.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 1st January 14 at 11:30 AM.
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