Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
Just remember, this day is not about you, and use your best judgement. And it never hurts to ask the departed's family members if they would approve.
This is a matter to which I have previously given much thought when I first began wearing kilts. I have to strongly disagree with nearly the entirety of Matt's post!

Wearing a kilt with appropriate jacket and accessories to a funeral, viewing, wake, etc., shouldn't require permission in order to be considered proper. Would anyone expect a person from any other culture to eschew their traditional formal wear because it might stand out from the others in attendance? Remember, part of our mission is reinforcing the kilt as clothing and not as costume, and a formal kilt is definitely in the former camp.

That said, I did once attend a viewing while wearing a traditional kilt and tasteful lovat green tweed jacket. The viewing was for a grandmother of one of my wife's coworkers. One comment that filtered back to me a few days later was that the family thought my attire very strange. No one was offended, at least I didn't get that feeling from what I was told, but given what I ws told I don't think that they like kilts very much. Is that my problem? No. Would I wear an appropriate kilt outfit again around them, even if it were another funeral? Definitely.

Mychael