Quote Originally Posted by pbpersson
Well I have some theories about what "mainstream" really means.

Go to your local shopping mall, sit there for 120 minutes, and count how many women you see and how many of them are wearing pleated skirts.

Take that percentage and divide by 2.

That is the largest percentage of guys you will ever see wearing kilts.

It will be the guys who love the comfort, the freedom, and the comments from the ladies and don't care if they look "different".

Do you think that is a good formula and using that guide what percentage of guys will ever wear kilts? I don't think it will ever be mainstream, however if just one percent of guys wear them it could be called commonplace, right?
Firstly, how many people have the time to just sit in a mall for 2 hours?

Also, that theory doesn't work if you have ever been to a Burns Night, a Scottish wedding, any Highland Games, or a parade. I figure I have seen hundreds or thousdands of men in kilts in my community (which hosts the Highalnd games and has two World Champion pipe bands)

For me, kilts are mainstream. They are excepted formal wear, and the excepted National dress of Scotland. I see a kilt at least 2-3 times a month (including pipers and pipe bands). I have worn my kilt to Spanish, Greek, Italian, and Indian weddings. Not once has anyone questioned it. Most people except that kilts are a special occasion garment.

The only time people have questioned my wearing of a kilt is when I am doing anything that is run of the mill. People don't expect to see a kilt at the mall or at the grocery store and so they may ask you why (Personally, I would be more concerned and intriqued with someone sitting in the same spot in the mall for 2 hours ). That's to be expected as it is out of context not out of acceptance.

Kilts as commonplace, to me, brings up visions of kilts being sold at Old Navy or Walmart..........no thanks.