Irish Kilts: solid vs. tartan

[Bugbear]

Well said, Bugbear, but what about the Utilikilt? Doesn't that fit the bill as an American kilt? The only Utilikilt I have ever seen was worn by an American tourist who looked and sounded like The Dude from Big Lebowski. He was a friendly enough chap with no Celtic leanings, I believe a band called the Grateful Dead was his musical choice if his T-Shirt could be taken as a guide. He wore a leather cowboy hat and sandals and was at ease with himself, shall we say.

Besides, the London Scottish have over 150 years of wearing a solid colour kilt and might take exception to being perceived as Americans.

Ya, that's why I said a differently constructed kilt from the traditional Scottish kilt, and I suppose it only need be a weird looking, non-tartan kilt. I don't put tweed in that category, by the way.

My canvas kilt actually does have connections to the state in which I live, so why not think of it as an American style kilt. So, perhaps we are talking about Irish-American (meaning North American) kilts, more than "Irish kilts."