Quote Originally Posted by Lachlan09 View Post
History has it that Clan Sinclair way up in Caithness wore trews rather than kilts and that once the Campbells of Argyll sent a war party all the way up there to sort them out to enforce a property deal gone wrong or similar slight. The piper of the Campbells (Finlay MacIvor ?) wrote a pipe tune to celebrate the Campbell’s victorious battle, which translated as “Gaffers In Trousers”, a title taunting the Sinclairs.

Does anyone know if the Sinclairs truly preferred trews and why ?
I don't know if they wore trews--rather some form of trousers. I would have to guess that the kilt was not worn because of the Norse influence in Caithness, which made the people different than the Highlanders.