Quote Originally Posted by Chef View Post
Your right, it is not. A kilt is however recognised as a form of national dress. Because of that, you should recognise it represents more to some people than a way to thumb their nose at the establishment or to let their privates hang free. I'm not a kilt snob because I think everyone should dress more formally, I'm a kilt snob because the kilt means something to me. It represents my history, my heritage and my family.
The kilt represents my heritage as well. That does not mean that I think that "traditional" is the only way to wear a kilt. I have no objection to people dressing in the Victorian getup that you have repeatedly in this thread stated is the only proper way to wear a kilt. I deeply resent the implication that was made before (and made explicit with this paragraph) that those who don't wear their kilt in the way you dictate are disrespecting its "Scottishness." Or that those who don't wear a kilt in the way that you dictate are less of Scots descent than you. I'll grant you I have more Irish blood than Scots, but that does not lessen my respect for my Scots heritage.

The kilt is unique in that it is probably the only single garment in the world that would gather people of so many different viewpoints together in one place to discuss it. There are many people of Scots descent who are afraid of claiming this piece of their heritage because dressing in a prescribed fashion goes against their principles. Folks like myself help to show them that a kilt is not a costume that must be worn only with this accessory or that or you are not recognizing that the kilt "means something" if you don't wear it in the "proper" (i.e., PC, or the like) way.

At that, I'm sure that my highland ancestors are spinning in their graves at the thought that people are claiming that "Highland Dress" is only proper if done in the method decided on mostly by the Gentry in the 19th century.