I think it comes down to marketing. A non-bifurcated garment sold to men sounds better if called a kilt rather than a man skirt. Also, calling a women's skirt a kilt makes it sounds more 'heritagey' than a normal tartan skirt that may have schoolgirl associations that might discourage some women to buy. Language as a whole changes, it's part of that. Sin mar a tha e. It is what it is.
Tha mi uabhasach sgith gach latha.
“A man should look as if he has bought his clothes (kilt) with intelligence, put them (it) on with care, and then forgotten all about them (it).” Paraphrased from Hardy Amies
Proud member of the Clans Urquhart and MacKenzie.
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