Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
I do wonder if new kilt wearers wore a traditional tartan kilt,or even a modern tartan kilt,it would receive the same reaction? I suggest that a non tartan modern kilt is, sometimes, a step too far for some people to get their head around in the early stages of kilt acceptance.
I've been wondering the same; that it might be easier, for the people that are not so easily accepting, to recognize a tartan kilt. However, in my experiences so far, anyone that is accepting of kilt-wearing has recognized my Utilikilts as kilts and never called them a skirt. This has led me to form the opinion that either someone is accepting of men wearing kilts or they are not, and the only reason they would accept a tartan kilt over a non-tartan kilt is that they recognize it as a costume, and think you are wearing it for some reason (such as, you just got done playing the bagpipes and didn't have time to go home and change...). I haven't worn a tartan kilt yet to see the difference, although I assume that people would recognize it; they would not recognize it as clothing, and but as costume.

I do think that this would achieve the desired affect though, that they would see you in a tartan kilt, recognize it, and then see you in a non-tartan kilt and kind of have a moment where they realize that it's a kilt. Unfortunately it's hard to do this with the mass public, as they only see you once. It would however seem to work on someone whom you knew you were going to see more than once.