Ok, while I have been here a short time if those reading have read any of my posts it will be no surprise that I find it in extremly bad taste to wear a modern kilt for fancy dress.

It was mentioned that since pants can be part of a costume then why not a kilt. I'll give you two reasons; first pants in general are not conected to anything in particular the kilt is. No matter how many non-Scots wear a kilt, for now at least, it is still viewed as a Scottish garment. Second, pants are not viewed as a costume, however, in the US many see the kilt as a costume already. Given this it does no good to further this idea.

I must admit that I don't have the same feeling about the great kilt. To me it falls into historic garb like a toga or revolutionary garb.

Also, I have been to parties where some one has come as a caricature of a Scotsman (vs. character) and I find it offensive. If I showed up wearing an offensive t-shirt, my pants hanging below my a** and/or underwear with a Bud in one hand and a tv remote in the other and informed everyone who asked that I had come as an American, I expect many would be offended. They should as I was with those dressed as "Scots"

Since I wear a kilt for work (when I am meeting clients about a Scotttish wedding or event I wear a kilt) I will definitely not be wearing a kilt tomorrow.