Well, I guess it could be in the vein of the magazines tongue-in-cheek editorial context harking back to an antiquated era of pompous imperialism... or whatever, but it all sounds rather typical of the Sasanach opinion toward the kilt (still?) in my personal experience. I've found that whenever a Brit has disapproved of my kilt wearing, they have been English, which I find almost amusing in its irony. Not that this is the view of every Englishman, I understand, as is most apparent from our forum.