What does the kilt mean in 2010?

[Phil]

An interesting article and one that sums up the attitude of Scots people towards all things kilt-related very well - http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-s...2010-1.1001311

[Jock Scot]

I note that white hose get the thumbs down in the interesting article.

Jock now dives for cover.

[Phil]

I note that white hose get the thumbs down in the interesting article.

Jock now dives for cover.

I think it was only Howie Nichosby who said that. If nothing else that is one thing the two of you have in common! The comments of the Slanj people about wearing a kilt in daytime was quite revealing though - along with the one about wearing a denim kilt in Glasgow!

[Jock Scot]

I think it was only Howie Nichosby who said that. If nothing else that is one thing the two of you have in common! The comments of the Slanj people about wearing a kilt in daytime was quite revealing though - along with the one about wearing a denim kilt in Glasgow!

Phil, I think over the last few years we have discussed more than once the potential reception of a denim and their like, kilt in Glasgow. It is interesting that others, probably more in the know than you and me, are of the same opinion.

[Jack Daw]

The tartan kilt will obviously stay, and maybe the tweed one, too, but faddy kilts in new fabrics have come and will go.

[auld argonian]

Interesting article. On the eve of the US President's State Of The Union Message we get the State Of The Kilt message from Scotland. Good to hear those different perspectives even though the "no kilts not ever not never" contingency weren't really represented.

Best

AA

[MartinGrenoble]

...though the "no kilts not ever not never" contingency weren't really represented.

Strange you say that. My impression of the writer's thoughts was exactly the opposite -- "why on earth are they trying to sell an article no sane man would ever wear!"

Martin

[Spc. Scott]

I enjoyed that Phil, thank you for posting it.
Neat to read a kiltmaker's position on this.

The tartan kilt will obviously stay, and maybe the tweed one, too, but faddy kilts in new fabrics have come and will go.

Not to argue of course, but I wonder if the same thing was said about blue jeans?

[csbdr]

I enjoyed that Phil, thank you for posting it.
Neat to read a kiltmaker's position on this.



Not to argue of course, but I wonder if the same thing was said about blue jeans?

Absolutely! They were a laborers garment. No gentleman would have been seen dead in them, and their popularity has been a relatively recent shift.

[Tobus]

I thought the author's take on trews was interesting, to say the least:

What you must never do, though, is wear trews, which I have always interpreted as the apparel of a man with something to hide.

And I was entertained by this part too:

“I consider myself a traditionalist,” says Nicholsby, a statement which must be more shocking to the tartan-lovers than his pink PVC kilt minus the sporran. “I wear a kilt every day as it was meant to be worn, as an everyday piece of clothing.

“In the olden days, the kilt was probably of much plainer material. Watch the films Braveheart and Rob Roy and you’ll see they’re wearing close dog’s-tooth check, which is really the original tartan. The kilt was an everyday piece of clothing and still is.”

While I agree with (and applaud) his approval of the kilt as an everyday garment - not just for formal wear as was mentioned elsewhere in the article - I can't believe he's using two Hollywood movies as some sort of factual reference to history. His point on the "original tartan" dog's-tooth check may be valid (or not - the historians can hash that one out) but his sources are fairly suspect.