Quote Originally Posted by Ugly Bear
No, they're kilts. It says so right on them.

I can understand you being upset that the kilt has been re-made for modern times by non-Scots. How ashamed you must feel. Still, your bitterness amuses me.
Hi there UB.

If you took time to read my post properly...what I said was...
'they're not really kilts in the most accepted form of the meaning of the word'
When most people, certainly here in the UK, (and I suspect, in most parts of the world) talk about a kilt they think of a tradionally styled Scottish, Welsh or Irish KILT.
By that comment I think that the term 'kilt' should not be applied to any other type of unbifurcated garment. OK the dictionary definition may say 'pleated skirt' BUT common usage of the word still tends to mean the traditionally styled (male) garment.
If Utilikilts marketed their product as 'skirts for men' or something similar, they would have sold VERY few. The astute businessman, of course, called them 'kilts' so that they would appear attractive to male customers. A VERY clever marketing ploy in hijacking the term most commonly associated with traditional Celtic kilts.

There are 'modern', traditionally styled kilts around and many of them appear quite acceptable and are, rightly so, called kilts. Sold at prices more people can afford.

I dislike Utilikilts for many reasons other than their name, but that's another story.

I'm so pleased you found my 'bitterness' amusing, at least I made somebody happy today.

Regards
James