Quote Originally Posted by Retro Red
I see kilts for men about where pants for women were in the 40s - still generally uncommon & not always accepted. It was until the 60s that women wearing pants became commonplace in the general populace & it wasn't until the 70s that institutions like schools & businesses began to allow women to wear pants. Since trends do seem to be more accelerated these days, I guess that in 10 years or so (at best) we may see kilts as a fairly common site in American society. Maybe...

If kilts never become commonplace, well, it's their loss & I'll still be wearin' mine!
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If it should take two or three decades one implication is generational change. A new generation will grow up; one aspect of their childhood will be the eccentrics in kilts. Given "trousers" tyranny the eccentrics will be a small but conspicuous minority.