Thanks Jamie....

A thread about "rules" on this board...???

A fast five pages out of the gate and we're still rabble to the core.

I would submit that it is contemporary kiltmakers who have put hidden pockets and big outside pockets on tartan kilts...it is contemporary kiltmakers who are pushing the edge of "the rules" to market their product.

I've found that even traditional kilts go very well with a lot of things the old rulemakers (who are these folks??) never conceived of.

One of my favorite photos is the piper at Culloden in a faded jean jacket. Who'd have thunk it...but beautiful.



Or this advert photo of a vest in lieu of a sporran. May break "the rules" but it sure is common sense and I happen to like the look of showing off the tartan by leaving the front of the kilt sporran free. Certainly a way to go for hiking to avoid the sporran bouncing ad infinitum on the man parts.



I've been fortunate to only be confronted by one Kilt Cop at a Highland gathering. He was upset that I wore Macdonald Lord of the Isles hunting tartan. Never mind that the mills crank it out in quantity for everything from neckties to kilts. He felt the tartan was reserved for only the Lord of the Isles himself. But, this Kilt Cop was such a nutcase about "the rules" that our local Clan Donald asked him to "please please please" don't come around anymore.

I understand that rules make traffic flow smoothly. But clinging to "the rules" can sometimes be a sign of insecurity (no accusations, just an observation).

Understand the "rules" for traditional highand dress somewhat. Wish I knew more about how they evolved. I suspect were I a contemporary of some of the rulemakers I might not have liked them very much.

Now, I have a made-to-measure PC and waistcoat being sewn up at Lochcarron and suspect I should bone up on them old rules...

Mardi Gras is looming...amazing what rules a kiltie can break for Mardi Gras....

Ron