I don't know...a truly enlightened boss would certainly cut you some slack and be secure enough to not take it as a threat. A boss might say, "Oh...you know I have Scots in my family tree..." or "Well, gee, have you ever had a chance to go to Scotland? The wife and I want to take a vacation there someday..." (in which case you give them Robertson's B&B info and subsequently rceive their eternal gratitude).

I would certainly think that any boss worth his title wouldn't make a big thing about it in public if he had any reservations about your wearing the kilt. I would expect such a person to speak to you privately about it at a later time and make it a discussion instead of a lecture.

I've made mention of being in stuations where the kilted party is insulted because others think that he is trying to draw all of the attention to himself. I, personaly, don't wear a kilt to get attention but there are a lot of people for whom any social or business interaction is a "turf war" of sorts and they will make lots of assumptions about what people are doing to upstage them and thus gain control over the situation. Pity them but be prepared to deal with them.

Best

AA