Like many other things it does boil down to individual preference and taste and alas David I cannot agree about the "Brigadoonish" bit.
It's a charming musical with a crap plot and the clothing used in the film version is anachronistic and if anything more Victorian than anything else. The fly plaids only really come into play in the wedding scene (surely a formal event) where they add movement and elegance to the dancing.
One takes it for what it is - an MGM 1950s spectacular, not intended to show Scotland in either 1750s or the 1950s; a dream sequence which was never intended to be a fashion setter - I mean who would dream of wearing trews and a sporran? 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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