my favourite topic. Dress codes.

[Derek]

I have worn my Cilt in London to many times to remember and have never experienced any problems at all. People are to busy getting on with what they are doing and not really concerned about me. If the weather is good, I have just worn my ordinary denim shirt or if its cold or raining, a sweater and my leather jacket. Mind you, that's what I normally wear inc the Cilt ....
Iechyd Da
Derek

[Jock Scot]

Of course we can wear what we like according to the situation and how an individual feels at the time. However the OP indicates that he would normally wear a lounge suit when going to town.

We see the thought process on this website weekly, where people won't, or are at least hesitant on deciding to wear tweed as kilt lounge/business suit equivalent because they are thinking sports jacket. A perfectly natural thought for those in London, New York, Dallas, wherever, because that is the dress culture that most come from. To my mind if you are wearing the kilt then at least wear the correct attire to suit the occasion and that is as important, more so in many ways, in London as Inverness.

Should one decide to wear the kilt and tweed kilt jacket to London, New York, Dallas, etc., one thing for certain sure will happen should one be surrounded by suits, most will be thinking kindly no doubt,; "why is that chap wearing a sports jacket?" One could spend an awful lot of time explaining should anyone be interested enough to ask. I hope they do!

[cizinec]

Should one decide to wear the kilt and tweed kilt jacket to London, New York, Dallas, etc., one thing for certain sure will happen should one be surrounded by suits, most will be thinking kindly no doubt,; "why is that chap wearing a sports jacket?"

That may be true for New York and London, but in Dallas they're either going to wonder why the heck you're wearing a skirt (if winter) or why in the name of all that is holy you would wear that much wool in the heat.

When I started work in Dallas in the 1990s I was one of the last holdouts wearing a suit and tie to work every day. Now you usually see light blazers in the evening, if a jacket is worn at all. I had to quit wearing them when I realized I was getting sweatier than a hairy hog in a forest fire. I'm sure it's different for London, though. The last time I was in London it wasn't a great experience and I'm pretty unlikely to go back, kilted or otherwise.