I neglected to mention in my response that I did once ask permission to wear a kilt. It was to a family dinner thrown in honor of my grandmother's 86th or 87th birthday. Grandmother didn't seem very fond of the idea of me wearing kilts, and since it was her day [and not about me], I didn't want her to be uncomfortable. When I asked her about it She beat around the bush with the result that I decided not to wear my kilt. It did annoy me, however, but I didn't show her my annoyance.

Meanwhile, as chance would have it, she heard such positive feedback concerning my kilt from other family members that ina subsequent phone call she told me it would be okay to wear the kilt to her dinner. Now she brags me up.

So, to tie my two posts together, the only way I would not wear a kilt to a function would be in deference to the guest of honor- if he or she made their preference known beforehand. As a matter of course I would usually not solicit their opinions, however. Grandmother's are an entity of their own!

Mychael