It just never looks "right" to me when I see a man's kilt made from tartan with a small sett size.

I'm so used to seeing nice large sett sizes with military kilts and in vintage photos and paintings.

It's a basic concept in art, that of being aware of the format.

The format of a man's kilt is a certain large size, and in the past that was recognised by the use of a large sett size. But nowadays that aesthetic is often ignored.

I saw the same ignoring of format when California was accepting any and all design proposals for the California State Quarter.

One design had The Golden Gate Bridge, and a Space Shuttle, and the Hollywood sign, and a prospector panning for gold, and a giant California Condor. But a quarter is only an inch across!!!