Why I wear the kilt

[Geoff Withnell]

I don't wear the kilt; I wear kilts. Same as I don't wear the jeans, or the shorts.

Saying "the" kilt seems to inbue the garment with a certain mystical character, as if kilts were a form of clerical vestments.

It's wishful thinking, but I'd love to see kilts become the regular, everyday sort of garment they once were....

For some of us, kilts are the regular everyday sort of garment they once were. I wear a suit to work, because my company has a dress code. I can't wear kilts, jeans, shorts or a sarong. When I'm not at work, usually, I'm in a kilt, light or heavy weight depending on the weather, formal or informal depending on what I'm doing. Why do I wear a kilt? For the same reason most men wear trousers. Because the law requires me to cover my lower half, and that is the way I choose to do it.