On the ground floor of something big?

[Raphael]

At what point does a kilt become "not connected with Scotland" I guess is my question? I think that's hard to define as you can get a solid-colored kilt from some "traditional" kilt makers or tartans from some "contemporary" kilt makers. :confused:

The Kilt will forever be associate with Scotland and there is not 'but' or 'if' about it. I am not a Scot either, and never have tried to pretend that I have any connenction with Scotland. I wear the kilt because I have always been fascinated by it. I have never justify it to anyone and I don't see a reason to do it either.

Even the Utilikilt is 'not connected to Scotland' but people still wonder whether I am Scottish or not.

Enjoy your Stillwater Nightstalker.

[auld argonian]

To be serious for a moment...

...I think that the basic kilt "format", if you will, has been knocking around Europe for hundreds if not thousands of years. That the form was adopted by the Scots and that tartan material was used is sort of a branch on the tree...the basic form existed before that happened. Thus I look at the "modern" non-tartan canvas or whatever kilt as a sort of plain, utilitarian descendant of the basic kilt form and not some kind of bastardization of the Scottish tartan form...just another branch on the tree. While I personally prefer the look of tartan I have no problem with the "modern" style and can't knock anyone who digs them.

Best

AA