Hi,greetings from a self-confessed kiltaholic 15 miles west of London on a cold icy morning that looks like Xmas come early! I'm aged 60,live alone and run a small professional practise from home. Mum was English,Dad was a Scot from the far north - Wick in Caithness. I don't ever remember seeing him wearing a kilt,either in photos or in reality. I first wore one - under duress!! - at the tender age of 6 years old on Dad's 50th birthday and I screamed the place down,no way was I going to wear a little girl's dress and that was that. Fast forward 50 years to a very different scene - I'm not sure what started it. One source of inspiration was a photo of the racing driver David Coulthard in full Highland dress in an ad for a kilt hire company in Scots magazine and I remember thinking how cool he looked. Another possible source was probably my wee cousin Caroline from Glesc(she's bigger than me so I don't argue with her),who has recently encouraged me to take a lot more interest in family history and Scottish culture generally. I now have a closet full of kilts including the family/clan tartans (Sinclair & Robertson) plus various utility styles - one of which I'm wearing right now. As I mentioned above,I also run a small professional practise from home (tax/accountancy). As the office is at home,it means that I can adopt a fairly informal dress code most of the time. When my interest in kilts started two years ago,I began to think about wearing them for work,in addition to social and family occasions. Last year,I started wearing a kilt regularly on Friday afternoons and occasionally on other days and it has been quite an entertaining experience! Bearing in mind that a guy in a kilt is a rare sight in this neck of the woods,some of my female tax clients now insist that I wear one whenever they visit me,though the reaction from male clients is more varied,and one character in particular seems quite worried about me for some reason! For office wear,I stick to traditional Scottish kilts - in a business environment ,they look a lot smarter and more attractive than the utility variety although you miss the pockets,and a sporran is very uncomfortable when you try to wear one sitting at a desk! I wonder if anyone else out there has tried wearing a kilt for work,I can recommend it - it works wonders for the ego,you look good and you certainly feel good,except possibly on a very hot day in summer. Probably best confined to folks who work from home at present - public attitudes towards "men in skirts" still have a long way to go in London,though I guess this is less of a problem in Scotland. All for now. Beannachd leibh! gaelicman60