The Rules and Exceptions Thereunto.

[Raphael]

I think the rules had changed and most people had made up their own rules based on their comfort level and fashion sense.

[Kilts_Knave]

I think the rules had changed and most people had made up their own rules based on their comfort level and fashion sense.

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." Oscar Wilde

[Prester John]

One of my favorite quotes, from my boys, is

"Rules are for squares....like pants!"

True story, and we don't even have our kilts yet.

[Archangel]

Great Scotch, no rules.

wherever you go there, there you are. If it's to be formal, be formal. If it's semi, go semi, if it's informal, relax. It's not that complicated.

If you're worried about the "rules", get the Geoffrey(tailor) brochure and go by that. Rules are what separates "sport" from "game" and "play". I'm not into dressing competitions, larking about is more my way.

[Kilted Stuart]

Love the last few replies.
It shows that some are sticklers for old traditions and some are in it for fun.
My wife wore a Gordon mini hiphugger kilt on Sat to the Fergus games and to see Empty Flask at night. I didn't see one traditionalist male complain.

[Prester John]

I'm just in it for the fun, old rules. haha

[Riverkilt]

Sadly, many "rules" evolve from childhood...NEEDING to know what's right so maybe, just maybe we won't get hit, beat, yelled at, whatever for being wrong.

'tis anxiety that drives perfectionism and rules...

Most of the Ren Faires and games I've been to would drive a kilt rules embracer to a befuddled meltdown.

I do appreciate suggestions and knowing the old ways....but I'd rather wallow in the anarchy of kilts with tank tops and sandals, contemporary kilts, and (gasp) Norwegian sporrans

After just getting and reading a copy of Men in Skirts I'm amazed that there are any rules left for MUGs other than shattered pieces laying about.

Ron

[macwilkin]

It was the English that created rules for it. I wear my kilts in the same spirit the old highlanders did, to protect the body from the elements and in modern terms to avoid arrest for indecent exposure. I'm old. I don't have to care about rules.

It's easy to blame the English for everything, yet the "rules", customs and traditions of kilt wearing come from so many other sources than just the English -- The Highland Regiments, general fashion trends, Sir Walter Scott, adaptions of practial garments into "formal" or national dress, even Scottish expats living in other countries who adopted "traditional" Highland attire (even Lowlanders) to symbolize their homeland.

I must say that as a "traditionalist" myself, I really get tired of the "traditionalist bashing" around here. I am a traditionalist for myself, and no one else. I have certain standards in dress that I hold myself to, and no one else. I do not judge others for their choices, and ask only that I not be judged for mine. If one likes to dress in the "traditional" Highland way, then that's just as legimate as those who are dressing in more "nontraditional" ways.

Respect and tolerance is a two-way street...perhaps the reason why some of us traditionalists are grumpy is because some make the assumption that we are intolerant of all change, and anything that deviates from the norm -- we are judged before we get a chance to speak our minds. Sure, some traditionalists are jerks -- but so are some non-traditionalists. You can't judge a book by its cover.

I view the way I wear my kilt the same way I view my faith -- I only know what is right for me, I cannot condemn others because they are different from me.

I'm sorry to be a wee bit grumpy on this point. It just gets really old sometimes.

Regards,

Todd

[Archangel]

I do appreciate suggestions and knowing the old ways....but I'd rather wallow in the anarchy of kilts with tank tops and sandals, contemporary kilts, and (gasp) Norwegian sporrans

Ron

I'm there too. I can wash up well too, but there's hardly an occasion for it.

Why was this thread started? I think we know by now that trads and mods are going to start rowing. There's no need to go head to head when the practical issues will come up in most other threads.