Cheap formal wear?

[fluter]

What is important to me is not the outer shell but the inner person.

Full marks to bikeolounger. The important part of the equation is attitude. The hypothetical kiltie is showing appropriate respect for the occasion.

I totally agree, but isn't that where rental comes into play?

Mark, let's suppose that your poor-but-honest kilt wearer could afford to rent a kilt and PC 2 or 3 times a year. I submit that it would be criminal to do so: he should put that hard-earned cash into the kilt fund, and in 3 years he'll have a tank nicer than yours.

Would you (mentally, internally) put down someone who wore a business suit to a black-tie event, because that's what he owns? Don't say it aloud in my presence, or I'll show you some attitude... Yes, it's a trick question.