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[Jimmy]

No , wrong the kilt is alive and well in Scotland, plenty of kilties about especially at weekends for weddings and parties . It is just that the kilt is not conducive to everyday wear and it would be surprising if we saw men in their droves going to work in their kilts. The kilt is and never was designed for everyday wear even now and in the past.
Perhaps we should remember that the kilt is a selective form of dress and is only worn when the occasion warrants it, yes i know that we have people here in Scotland and abroad who wear the kilt daily but they are a very minute minority of kilt wearers ( who i admire and congratulate for their adherence to the kilt on a daily basis).
But look at the increasing numbers of kilt wearers at highland games whether participants or not, the increasing number at a Burns night celebration, the increasing number of new kilt wearers at formal occasions such as weddings and of course the multitude of kilt wearers at national football and rugby matches in Scotland. Although the last group despite comprising of mostly young adults who are proud of their country and of wearing their national dress seem to be the most maligned kilt wearers by many on this forum.
Go to a pipe band championship venue in Scotland and see the many young people of both sexes proudly wearing the kilt.
Yes the kilt is alive and well in Scotland, and does not the phenomenal increase in kilt hire shops in almost every town in Scotland bear witness to this.
But tell me with the changeable and miserable weather we get in Scotland who would want to wear a kilt every day and spend the next day drying it out
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[tpa]

But look at the increasing numbers of kilt wearers at highland games whether participants or not,...

When I was at the Braemar Gathering last year, whilst there were a number of kilt wearing spectators, the proprietor of Lamont Sporrans in Braemar told me he could remember a time, quite a few years ago, when almost 100% of the male spectators would be kilted. Last year I would optimistically guess at maybe 10%.