I think I may be betraying my age here but I come from an age when it was normal to hire clothing for dress occasions as my family did not have the wherewithal to lavish dinner suits or highland dress on me. Perhaps nowadays with changed economic times there is more wealth about and more people can afford to own these items, even if only used occasionally. I do detect, however, a distinct undertone in respect of hired outfits as if those so unfortunate as to rely on such a source are somehow beneath contempt and failing the standards expected here. I know this is probably far from the truth and that all who aspire to wear Scottish Highland dress are welcome here. But the impression still persists that those who resort to rental companies are somehow not worthy of inclusion.