Accosted for wearing kilt

[Adoom]

I recently attended a conference (I am a bit of a politician, don't hold it against me please) where the Saturday Night Gala was supposed to be somewhat fancy. Not "white tie" or even "Black Tie", but given the demographic, more of a "try not to wear your cargo pants and tilley hat for once, okay?" sort of fancy.

Since I have deleted any "suits" from my wardrobe, my only "fancy" is my kilt. So I dressed in a contemporary, but classy, way (or so I felt at least). Well pressed black kilt, black hose, westfalia "day" sporran, black vest with a thin pinstripe, tartan tie, black dress shirt, and a dark grey jacket for the chilly evening (waterside).

I knew no one at the conference, but I am relatively confident, and a decent talker. I figured a kilt usually starts a fun conversation...

But then I was cornered by the tartan police. Apparently the tartan police have a mandate to dominate the conversation, point out how much they know about kilted attire, how little you know about kilted attire, and in true police fashion; have no sense of humour or understanding of social interaction. The tartan police will also, on your behalf, inform others of your attire mis-steps, and how they would have chosen differently. After about an hour of my time, I finally (legitimately) excused myself from the table to relieve myself, and simply didn't return to the table.

There's a difference between being genuinely informative, and being a bully.

If this works, I have a photo of a similar outfit that I wore to a different occasion, before I made a sporran.