I've actually been a subscriber for some years...

I'm frustrated. I am a traditionalist in, what I think is, the best sense of the word: I hate tradition for tradition's sake but love it for it's unerring proof of timelessness and quality.

For example I would eschew a badly made sporran even if it was technically "correct" to wear it on a particular occasion but would celebrate a well made sporran from the highest quality materials and made by a craftsperson even if it was technically incorrect to wear to a particular occasion.

To me it is seeking out the best you can afford, and taking time and considering what you do. This has knock on effects:

- one is always well and correctly dressed. The people who matter know that you have taken time and consideration in your appearance and this matters more than appearing "black tie", "day wear", "business casual", "Friday funday" and so on ad nausea.

- clothing is ethically produced. People who care about how they dress seek out and are willing to pay for having something done properly. Even if this is purchasing from a Charity Shop and having a tailor amend it to fit they are still contributing to Charity and to a craftsperson's livelihood. At the other end of the spectrum they are paying for bespoke tailoring which some may argue is patronage of the arts.

-Clothing lasts; it is passed on for generations and is loved and treasured not only by those who bought the item, but their children, their children's children and their best friend's uncle's goldfish's sister's children.

Further more there are many kilt wearing chaps who are not Scottish out there: HRH the Prince of Wales for one.

If the Chap are really interested in sartorial standards then they need look no further than the kilt wearing community. After all I believe that the majority of kilt wearers would always, without exception, meet most of the Chap's manifesto http://www.thechap.net/content/secti...sto/index.html (obviously excluding number "9"!). We are all interested in tweed, tartan, hand made accessories and being well dressed.

Finally: Scottish attire is not a "fancy dress" but is an internationally accepted standard of dress. If one is to take the Chap's logic to an extreme we would be arguing that non-Englishmen wearing a suit is an outrage and Englishmen in Levis are obscene... some may argue that the latter is axiomatic!

In short what I would really like is for us to be able to convince the Chap that there are many kilt wearing chaps out there be they Scottish or not and whether or not the kilt is worn "north of the border".