Origins of the kilt, is it Celtic or not?

[davedove]

Now as a second possability what if instead the great kilt in Scotland and the leine & brat have a common ancestor in the toga which is likely at least 5000 years old and brought out of the Med by the Celts then the little kilt could be said to be the remains of a Pan-Celtic Toga.

What you think?

I've seen that theory before and it's not altogether unreasonable. Although I wouldn't say that the kilt is a direct development from a toga, it is a later development from a general toga-like manner of dress that existed all across the ancient world.

[Manu]

I dont think the kilt is necessarily celtic. Celts unbifurcated garments, but again so did most people during that time. The Scots just evolved that unbifurcated garment into something new, just like other nations/cultures developed other unbifurcated garments.