Heritage and tradition.

If I were a Polynesian, I'd not hesitate to wear a lava-lava. But I'm not a Pacific Islander, nor any part of Asian descent, so none of the Asian, Pacific fashions of dress appeal to me.

I am of Anglo-Celtic (English, Welsh, Scots, Scotch-Irish, and Irish crossbreeding)descent with a smidgen of American Indian blood. Even my Cherokee and Creeks ancestors wore a form of kilt.

My soul, my blood, and my feet are stirred by the skirl of the pipes. (I'm not quite as moved as a friend told of another friend, Lewis said that his pal told him, "Whenever I hear bagpipes, I want to go kill someone.")

That is why kilts appeal and other unbifurcated garments are just something wrapped around the waist (to me).