Quote Originally Posted by McClef
It's important to look on'e's best but using what one has available and Rabbie would not mind in the least so why should anyone else?

Paradoxically I am not sure that he ever wore a kilt anyway being a lowlander and living during the prohibition on highland dress, the only apron he wore being a Masonic one.
Burns never wore a kilt, to my knowledge, being a Lowlander. In some ways, trews are much more appropriate for a Burns Supper.

Of course, Burns did now how to dress, and could mingle with the "polite" society of Edinburgh as well as the farmers of Ayrshire.

Well said, Sir. My thoughts exactly. It would be completely out of keeping with the spirit of a Burns' Supper for anyone of the brotherhood of men to be turned away, or made to feel uncomfortable, because of dress. We can only lead by example. If we are looking our best - and feeling confident as a result - then there may well be some transfer of ideas/taste etc. even without any further questions.
Yes, indeed. I would agree with both statements.

Cheers,

Todd