Does there need to be an explanation?

Maybe so for those outside the country to understand.....

I for one wouldn't wear a kilt daily because I find wearing it for a lot of activities, to be damned uncomfortable.
A suit or a jacket and slacks are far more comfortable. Ditto that for jeans and jersey or whatever.
Then there's all the hassle with sporrans, hose, belts etc. etc. I couldn't be arsed with all that each day!

Maybe many of you will disagree with that and fair on you if you do. It's just a personal opinion.

I suppose adopting the 'Duncan look' (Monarch of the Glen) wouldn't be too bad, at least he wasn't covered in clan this, clan that and clan bloody everything else!

One thing that may relate to me personally but not to the majority is that I think I've overdone it in the past. I used to play in two pipe bands at the same time, also played solo....I was hardly ever out the kilt.

Then there's the fact that I don't want to look like a tourist.
Think tourist in Paris with a red beret on head.
In fact, I actually saw some last year when there.....which is why I specifically mentioned that. By their accents almost certainly from one of the southern states of the USA. I gather they had some sort of French ancestry and were trying to blend in, but all they really did was look very stupid and touristy.

Maybe you should also be asking if there any national groups in particular who like to try and adopt what they think or perceive is the dress that belongs in some way to their ancestors?

I've seen people from all over, China and Japan included wearing the kilt, but the 'loudest dressed' and most frequently clad in outfits sporting 'clan bloody everything' were Americans. Sorry if that offends but it happens to be true.

Then maybe there is the whole 'northern Britons' thing. It's seen as quaint but should really only be brought out on occasions when some sort of national 'costume' is acceptable. And that in itself says something. The word 'costume' rather than 'national dress'.

To Scots is that an issue?

The majority of Scots in our past have lived not in the highlands but in what today is termed as the Central belt or lowlands. Is that part of the issue.....some remnant of seeing the highlands and its culture as being not quite as civilised?

Could it be that for some, the whole kilt and highland thing, clans and all....is seen as just a big invention?

The brigadoonery factor has to be in there somewhere as well. Or maybe that's related to the touristy thing?

However there are people in Scotland who wear the kilt almost every day if not actually every day and they do it out of choice.

My (late) godfather was one. He was a well known Edinburgh icon.

Another was my former boss....whom I don't think actually owned any trousers.