Quote Originally Posted by adempsey10 View Post
But it is ALSO a fashion garment and as such the fashion side of kilt wearing will cause variations in the appearance and style of the kilt. If a kilt maker decides to 'innovate' his kilt by dropping the pleats it might still be a kilt, whether your opinion says otherwise or not. The same way the model T is still considered a car. If you want to be a traditionalist, wear the traditional garb the traditional way. What happens on the 'fashion' side of kilt wearing shouldn't be of any concern to you since a tradition, by definition, is impervious to fashion trends.

There's also no need for name calling: "skirt wearing hipsters" It doesn't promote positive bonds between members. I'm proud of being a skirt wearing hipster. Now, excuse me while I go find my wayfarers.
Nope that was a Model T without wheels and you cannot seperate all historical bonds of a garment because history and evolution are insaperable, so the anything-goes-fashion-excuse is a bit akward. Evolution means something grows and contemporary kilts are kilts by definition and accepted as such. A kilt without pleats is not a kilt in the same way a Model T is not a car without wheels. You can delute your coffee all you want but someone has to drink it. In fact, you can call a skirt all you want, throw history overboard for being so called "fashionable" but if it has no impact on the evolution of a garment, no one buys into it. ;)

I'd say there is no need for whining over nothing, cause you are a man and not a mouse. I was refering to the anything-goes skirt wearer on another forum.

I don't want to be a traditionalist, I just cannot wait for the day someone calls a pair of jeans a kilt.