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[MacWage]

As for the topic at hand, I only WEAR traditional and perfer tartan kilts. I think they look better, and are easier to explain, as they fit the "common idea" of what a kilt is. However, I respect those who wear modern ones, which also have a HUGE following (thus they must not be bad to wear).

As for me, the most "modern" I get in kilts themselves is Poly Viscose material (in tartan of course). As for accessories, I tend toward a real mix of traditional and modern. I wear modernist footwear with hose and flashes (a kilt just feels ODD to me without them), often with sweaters or even t-shirts. I am planning to make modern, clean Prince Charlie-esque and Argyle-esque jackets, meaning overall traditional lines, but with "streamlined" details. Such is more fitting with my personal tastes and style. It is, by nature, a blend of traditional and modern.

YET!!! As for the kilts themselves, I like traditionalist cuts and looks, even to the tartan.

[andyfg]

Happy dualist. 4 tartan, 2 utilikilts. There are things I would do in a UK which I wouldn't in my tartan (like the garden this morning).

[Blu (Ontario)]

As for the topic at hand, I only WEAR traditional and perfer tartan kilts. I think they look better, and are easier to explain, as they fit the "common idea" of what a kilt is. However, I respect those who wear modern ones, which also have a HUGE following (thus they must not be bad to wear)....

That was pretty much the way I saw it for a long time as well. I do believe that it takes a bit more gumption to wear a solid color modern variant than it does to wear a traditional tartan kilt simply from that standpoint of familiarity and public perceptions.

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