Quote Originally Posted by highlander_Daz
Recently a European "eurocrat" attempted to class the kilt as a "skirt" the Kilt had to be listed as womens apparel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0...082420,00.html
In the notes to the chapter on apparel in the US Customs Harmonized Tariff Schedule, it says that all garments that close left-over-right shall be classified as men's garments, and those closing right-over-left as women's garments. So that would make a kilt a man's garment. But, there is no class description that includes the kilt, or any kind of non-bifurcated lower-body garment, as men's clothing. The notes go on to say that if the gender of a garment cannot be determined, or if it doesn't clearly fit in any of the classes, then it will be considered to be a woman's garment. So there's really no alternative but to call it a skirt, or try to classify it in the section covering men's trousers, shorts, etc., as 'other'. Customs frowns on use of the 'other' category, however. They also agree with me (on the phone, not in writing, mind you!) that it is not a woman's garment and should not be classified as such. Regarding Customs classification, the kilt, in strictest terms, is a little like Tom Hanks's character in The Terminal -- stuck in limbo, with no place to call its own!

Perhaps there's an army of empty kilts languishing in a Customs warehouse somewhere -- let us call it the 'Frontier of Frustrated Fashion' -- unable to pass through the barrier to assume their rightful places girding the loins of Scots-American men! (j/k)