Suited up for the first time (outside the house) for the Arizona Highland games in Phoenix about this time last year, about a week or so after my kit and first kilt had arrived. Felt a little self conscious walking from the car to the entrance but immediately felt better when I entered the gate and ran into another guy wearing my identical ForresterModern tartan kilt (my wife noticed it first). We spoke, and although we share a last name and probably distant ancestry did not have any common background or known relatives. That made me feel more comfortable , enough to cruise the games the rest of the day without any self consciousness. Strange though seeing one's own family tartan right off the bat that first day. It is not a common tartan, and other than the Clan Forrester website and tartan listings online I have never seen it since. Also seeing about every other or every third male kilted helped as well---definitely not sticking out in the crowd helped immensely. Thereafter, has not been a problem wearing it whereever I choose.

Also helped that I had my two week old son with us in his stroller wearing an infant MacDonald kilt as well----nice distraction for passersby to focus on him instead of me.