Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Point is, there's no competition between traditional kilts and contemporary kilts. I saw crossover both ways. Guys wearing contemporary kilts at Kathy's Kilt's booth and guys wearing their tartan tanks at the UK booth.
What I would TRULY love to see (somehow) are the guys that SHOULD be in tartans wearing tartans, and the ones that SHOULD be in solids wearing solids. This doesn't apply too often, but I'm SURE that you've seen them.

At a VERY recent Festival, there was a young guy in a "Royal Stewart" kilt that had pleats wandering ALL OVER the grounds, was ill-fitting, not maintained, and was being worn with a shirt and shoes from GoodWill. A nice AmeriKilt, UtiliKilt or PittsburghKilt would have looked MUCH better in this case. That "ultra casual" look is much better when modernized.

One week earlier, there was a guy in jacket, shirt, sporran, hose, flashes and ghillies with a UtiliKilt. It REALLY looked out of place. I couldn't imagine if he had chosen a BearKilt, Kathy's Kilt, Matt Newsome Kilt, StillWater heavy-weight, or whatever. You just know these when you see them.

With that in mind, there IS a place for both.