Quote Originally Posted by Cygnus View Post
Given where I live, however, it is still a style that I am considering; though I will take Jock's advice and think twice about wearing one if ever I make the journey to my ancestral homeland! And if that second thought still has me proudly wearing a Matt Newsome box-pleat kilt, I'll be prepared with historical facts for the quizzical looks and verbally expressed questions I might encounter.
Quizzical looks and verbally expressed questions, are definitely something I can handle. I actually am waiting for my first wool kilt, 16 oz Jura in Saffron, box pleated from John Hart (Keltoi). I have had enough strange reactions in wearing the kilt that I don't let it bother me. I have read the history of the box pleated kilt presented so well here, I know what a fine kilt maker John is from all his reviews, and the 4 yard box pleat put a wool kilt within my budget. I appreciate what you are saying about pulling this off in Scotland, but in my normal course of kilting if some has an issue with my kilt, the problem is theirs not mine. I have never been a lemming and don't propose to start, and part of why I like the kilted rabble.