We seem to be beating our heads against the definition wall again. If the maker calls it a kilt, it is most likely a kilt (within reason, i.e., it has pleats and aprons, etc.). This goes for just about everything from the modern UK style kilts to tanks. I've said it before, and I'll say it again-one of the biggest problems the kilt faces in becoming more mainstream is the kilt police. The reason this is so is that someone overhearing a kiltie talking about someone's kilt saying, "That's not a kilt because of X," then feels qualified to go spout off to some innocent kiltie that they know what a kilt is and that the kiltie isn't wearing what they know to be a kilt so the kiltie is wearing a skirt. A little solidarity is called for here people. There are tanks that I wouldn't wear except maybe at gunpoint that others here would love to have. (Loud McLeod springs immediately to mind) There are contemporary kilt styles that I really don't like and won't wear. (UK's, the X-kilt, any kilt with big cargo pockets on it.) But those are my preferences on what I wear on my body, and they don't-- and shouldn't-- pertain to anyone else. I wouldn't tell someone wearing any of those garments that they aren't wearing a kilt. (I will admit that I did throw one barb at the Tripp kilt though- I called it Clan MacDayGlo. 'cause that kilt is almost as loud as the McLeod!)