What does the kilt mean in 2010?

**Jack Daw** · 27th January 10, 06:30 AM

The tartan kilt will obviously stay, and maybe the tweed one, too, but faddy kilts in new fabrics have come and will go.

**auld argonian** · 27th January 10, 06:34 AM

Interesting article. On the eve of the US President's State Of The Union Message we get the State Of The Kilt message from Scotland. Good to hear those different perspectives even though the "no kilts not ever not never" contingency weren't really represented.

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**MartinGrenoble** · 27th January 10, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

...though the "no kilts not ever not never" contingency weren't really represented.

Strange you say that. My impression of the writer's thoughts was exactly the opposite -- "why on earth are they trying to sell an article no sane man would ever wear!"

Martin

**Spc. Scott** · 27th January 10, 08:46 AM

I enjoyed that Phil, thank you for posting it.
Neat to read a kiltmaker's position on this.

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

The tartan kilt will obviously stay, and maybe the tweed one, too, but faddy kilts in new fabrics have come and will go.

Not to argue of course, but I wonder if the same thing was said about blue jeans?

**csbdr** · 27th January 10, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Spc. Scott

I enjoyed that Phil, thank you for posting it.
Neat to read a kiltmaker's position on this.

Not to argue of course, but I wonder if the same thing was said about blue jeans?

Absolutely! They were a laborers garment. No gentleman would have been seen dead in them, and their popularity has been a relatively recent shift.