So, the last question taken up by Nick Sullivan, Fashion Director for Esquire magazine in his "Ask Nick" sartorial advice column in the February 2014 issue, reads:

"Since visiting Scotland a few years back, I have been taken with the kilt. I have been wearing a bespoke kilt in my family tartan with a Prince Charlie as my black-tie attire. Is this wrong?" --Joseph T. Nairn, Fairport, NY

To which Mr. Sullivan reponds:

"Technically, the combination of a properly composed kilt and Prince Charlie (the short black jacket, usually with silver buttons) constitutes correct evening attire. All the more so if you can claim Scottish ancestry (and if you can't, prepare yourself for griping from purists). And make sure you go for the full kit: hose and garters, sporran, and a sgian dubh tucked in your sock. And no underwear, regardless of high winds and freezing temperatures."

Obviously, as a noted menswear maven (for the likes of Esquire, no less), Nick is to be commended for his endorsement--the phrase "sgian dubh" is in italics--even as he gets as many components of his reply wrong, or at best half-baked, as he does right (note that nearly every sentence of his response contains a minor element of error). Given the necessary brevity of his responses this perhaps can be forgiven, and, as someone who has read and/or subscribed to Esquire since adolescence it is nevertheless quite gratifying to see an affirming mention of kilted attire in its pages. Perhaps a few letters to the editor--with expository details--from the X-Markers is in order? Who knows, maybe that would lead to an actual fashion spread with the many different casual/dress/formal/semi-formal/athletic ways that kilts can be worn, etc.?