Hamish, you are absolutely right, as usual. Very well put.

Even if these long kilts are not for you, they should be tolerated if worn by others.

One of my friends ( Hamish, it was Ian St.....ng) borrowed Howie's long grey kilt ( his prototype) to a ceilidh in Edinburgh and he loved it. He received many admiring glances - and he was over 60 years of age.