Kilt: Outfit or Garment?

[ChromeScholar]

To me, the kilt is a garment. However when you put on your kilt, color-coordinated hose, shirt, the right shoes, belt and sporran, you are wearing an outfit, just as the country boy is wearing an outfit when he puts on a western shirt, Levis, boots, big belt buckle and cowboy hat. To him they're "just clothes", but it's still an outfit.

[pdcorlis]

I wear all my kilts to work and around town - at times more formally at times more informally. In the end thay are all just clothes in my closet.

[macwilkin]

A kilt may be a garment, but for many of us, it is a garment with special meaning and symbolism which makes it a cut above ordinary, every-day clothes. Not everyone wears a kilt on a full-time basis; some of us do so out of homage to family history, an interest in Highland attire, etc.

Regards,

Todd

[James MacMillan]

For me, the kilt is a garment! I wear the kilt for everything that I do!

I just returned fro a cruise through the Panama Canal and had a blast doing it kilted! Causual kilts for casual activities, full tanks for formal nights, and in-between kilts for the informal nights.

The posted dress codes for dinning on my cruise were:

Casual = Shirt and slacks
Informal = Jacket and tie
Formal = Tuxedo

The kilt fit in all these times and more.

[Kilt TN]

Garment, If I could would wear it everyday, but for now just once a week to work.

[Ozman1944]

An everyday garment for me;
I guess if one is fully "Kilted up to the nines" on a formal occasion it could be termed an "outfit' - as would an evening suit, but 'Costume' to me smacks of Fancy Dress, like at Halloween or a Costume ball. In that case I'd wear something with feathers, or a mask, not a Kilt.

[Larry124]

Garments for sure.
Seems like a sporran might get in the way of your guitar playing...you might consider a vest as an alternative to a sporran to carry your "stuff."

Yes, with guitar, sporran to the side or not at all, belt side hung packs, fanny packs. For wallet, keys picks, capos, flask (!)
Not those dinky tiny flasks either. What’s up with that?
Sometimes water bottle carrier.
Many shirts with two flap pockets. Lots of vests with real pockets, sometimes even interior pockets.
And no belt buckle, or “ordinary” buckle shifted to the side. (For non-pickers, belt buckles and keys can damage the back of a guitar).
For this reason, although I like it for walking around in, the built-on sporran bag and (oversize IMO) attachment hardware on the AmeriKilt is not ideal for guitar.

[Kiltman]

For me, all my kilts are garments.

All can be worn casually, most can be worn semi-formally and some can be worn truly formally.

I do not wear costumes or uniforms!

I'm in 100% agreement with Hamish.

[kiltedsawyer]

IMHO the kilt is a flexible garment, which has allowed it to survive in the world of male clothing for centuries, so it depends on the look you're going for, traditional or contemporary. Kilt hose and sporran for traditional and boots and fanny pack for contemporary, or whatever feels right to you. Be comfortable, be proud, be kilted!

[ccga3359]

Garment. Unless worn alone! A most versital of garments, to go from ultra casual to formal without changing your kilt.