Clan tartan ties, unforgivable sin?

[Wareyin]

Yes you can do “that which is simply not done” any time you like. You can also have those round you who know the subtleties look at you and say to themselves, “What an ***” and form negative opinions about kilts and those who wear them based on the fact that they themselves do know and the *** doesn’t.

In some parts of the world, the motto is “I can do whatever the heck I want,” and that may be fine there, but those parts of the world are few and far between and it’s the reason that the rest of the world looks down on them with carefully concealed (sometimes) contempt. Knowing the right thing and doing it is useful everywhere else. I assume that’s why the question was asked.

You seem to think it likely that there are those who know the subtleties of Highland Dress, yet are also easily swayed into having a negative opinion about kilts in general because someone wearing a kilt knows less of those subtleties. I wonder how many people who don't wear a kilt themselves are all that knowledgeable about Highland Dress?