My son went to school today in his Gordon kilt !

[jpo]

Very cool indeed.

Especially nowadays, I think its even more the trend to "be yourself" and not conform to everyone else's standards...SO GOOD FOR HIM!!!!!!!!

I think the scare quotes there are very much necessary. Speaking as someone not too far removed from high school, a lot of the "be yourself"ers are really just doing as all their friends do, shopping at Hot Topic and listening to music that, while not officially Top40, just as commercial and schmaltzy.

A kilt however, is rare enough to truly be individualistic. One of my favorite things to do while kilted is walk up "punk"/emo/hipster/scene kids, look them up and down, and then just say "conformist" as I walk away. Blows their minds.

jim