Well now, I am going to upset the applecart!

I have flown several times kilted to and from Scotland (When I say kilted I mean kilted or Utilikilted.) and, being tall, I have had the most awful time getting to arrange the pleats comfortably beneath me in those very cramped seats - no headroom under those lockers, no legroom, etc. Most times, it was a matter of just plonking oneself down in the seat and trusting that the scrunched pleats would not a) become too uncomfortable for the 1½ hr flight, and b) that they would not be totally destroyed in the process! My experience has been that a) the pleats ARE uncomfortable when scrunched, and b) yes, they have been destroyed for several hours following arrival at destination.

So, when Dave W. and I flew to NYC from London last year, we agreed to travel, yes, in khaki, cotton drill s----s! This we did from the moment the taxi picked us up at my home through to our arrival at the Pennsylvania Hotel opposite Madison Square Garden. Nowhere were we given a second glance, nowhere was anything at all said and we both travelled in supreme, unscrunched comfort!

A week later, when we flew from Washington DC to Portland OR (via Phoenix AR), I travelled in a green camouflage s---t (expressly made for the purpose by a good friend here in England), whilst Dave chose his khaki drill s---t. Again, no eyelids were batted, no comments made, we arrived in pristine condition and, as in NYC, we changed into kilts on arrival.

I know that this goes against the grain, and I would do it again only when flying, especially long-haul, but for us both there were no other options.