Sooooo, why don't more Scots wear kilts?

[RockyR]

CRAP! What did you do? Sneek a peek at our prototype for the Hawaiian Grass Kilt? It was going to be ALL THE RAGE next year! Belly dancing Scots the world over would LOVE IT (picture a drunk portly man with a mug of beer doing the hoola-dance).

[Southern Breeze]

aye...

here ya gae!

mai new "Texas-style" Straw kilt!

Can you imagine the market for one of these made of Hemp?

[cessna152towser]

Yes, the kilt could be worn more often in Scotland if cheap non-wool kilts like the small but splendid batch of acryllic kilts which Union Kilts recently issued become more readily available. The acryllic kilt looks convincing as a real kilt; all it needs is leather for the straps. But I can't see the lightweight polycotton kilts catching on, as although I do occasionally wear them casually because they are very comfortable (no scratchy wool - and I'm already conditioned to wearing lightweight polycotton trousers,) IMHO the polycotton kilts don't look quite right as they are too light and so they don't swing correctly. They are too much like old fashioned schoolgirl kilted skirts rather than proper kilts for the mainstream male population to want to wear them.

[Robin]

As best I can tell from the last attempt at getting an answer to this perplexing question is that few Scots wear kilts because they can't afford one.
bla, bla....etc, etc...

Pretty lame post...if I may say so

[An t-Ileach]

Yes, the kilt could be worn more often in Scotland if cheap non-wool kilts like the small but splendid batch of acryllic kilts which Union Kilts recently issued become more readily available. The acryllic kilt looks convincing as a real kilt; all it needs is leather for the straps...

I agree. I think that Union Kilts may be on to something: as I posted a few days ago, I think that the BW I bought from them hangs better and feels better than the other cheap kilts I have - it looks right, whereas the others look a bit "skirty". More of the Union ones more readily available might well develop into something (and keeping in mind what was posted on Chris' earleier - and killed - thread).

[mrpharr]

good to hear from a Texan. this state should be crawling with kilted warriors.