Quote Originally Posted by Cygnus View Post
With all the kilts showing up at posh Hollywood screenings and in other "highly-covered" events, it is only a matter of time before a "mainstream" clothing manufacturer hops on the modern kilt wagon (whether those that are already kilted like it or not). I'm honestly surprised it hasn't happened yet. I think traditional kilts are too expensive to make and too varied to be mass-produced when the kilt-wave hits, though, so you can rest assured that the tradition is safe from the fashion perversions of the ignorant masses.

I'm not sure if kilt-wearing will be common, but I'd venture it will be a lot more mainstream than it is now. And I'd imagine the young hooligans won't wear their kilts properly, either, nor will the store staff be able to help them select the right kilt. So get ready for kilts down to mid-calf with boxer shorts hanging out of the top (*cringe*).

To (somewhat heretically) quote the Bible, that day will be "great and terrible".
I agree.

This brings to mind the extremely baggy and wide legged pants I see from time to time. Not just baggy pants, but those ones that almost look like a long skirt that was split in the middle to make two pant legs, each as wide as the waist. They are literally one inseam away from what my grandmother wore! I fear that an unbifurcated version is around the corner, complete with 20 pounds of chains and useless metal rings and spikes and studs to go jingaling. A boy-dress! I won't say it's a man-dress though...but that's my $0.02.

The upside is that it won't be hard to spot those of us that actually know how to wear a kilt, just as it's easy to spot someone who really knows how to wear a suit.

My dad was shocked when he visited me while I was stationed in San Diego several years ago. We walked by a surf shop and they were selling short-sleeved pearl snap western cut shirts and the so-called "trucker's hats." I looked at him and said "DAD! You're in style...again."

If it happens, I'll just stick to my guns and when people tell me I'm stylish I'll just tell them that I always was...and that they just now figured it out.