"That's not a real kilt"

[M. A. C. Newsome]

i think a good rule is this; if it's tartan or plain, has no pockets or zips, knife pleated at the back, fastens with buckles, is made from wool (and tweed) and sits high on the waist and ends at the knees, it's a kilt.

anything else is a skirt.

Then I guess I've made an awfull lot of skirts over the past few years:
http://kilts.albanach.org

And, I suppose, there were an awfull lot of Highland men wearing "skirts" prior to about 1854 when the Gordon regiment became the first to switch from box pleats to knife pleats.
http://kilts.albanach.org/history.html

Here I am in one of my favorite "skirts." :-)


Sorry. I may sympathize with your point of view, but from an historical standpoint I'm afraid your definition is too narrow and would not include many kilts that were quite the norm before the latter half of the nineteenth century (and still being worn today by some of us).