Last summer, when I had a full kit although only daywear, I went with my wife to a Wool and Fiber Gathering in a little...almost ghost...town in Central Oregon (Shaniko). Mostly sheep ranchers selling fleeces and a few "fiber artists."

This is ranch country out this way and even the sheepmen think they are cowboys. No nonsense types, in any case.

But I figured what the heck, my kilt is wool and the best quality wool at that.

Well, I got lots of looks...including one stare down from an old, prune-faced ranchers wife who clearly disapproved (she was wearing pants), whose husband stopped to ask me if I played the pipes and wasn't really sure if he liked the "look" or not, or if he was even allowed to like it.

Other than that, the rest of the day was kind of normal...not even one "question" for that matter.

Since that event, I have not really thought much about what kind of reception I (or the kilt) would receive...although, to tell the truth, I do not wear the kilt regularly. My work is dirty and damaging to any clothing I wear and my shop is at the back of my property. So I just wear it whenever I am going out to a restaurant or some other "event"--like a suit, sort of.