What if there was some sort of set of qualifiers added to the word "kilt" or perhaps different terminology? Does anyone think that would satisfy Mr. Hawthorne?

In the same way as not-all whisky is Scotch, maybe a Scottish/Scotch/Scots Kilt would need to fit some version of Hawthorne's exacting standard of excellence. Anything else would be merely a kilt, with no additional designation.

Or some sort of banner sewn into the tag of kilt like we see in Canada on music CDs? The MAPL logo specifies the Canadian-ness of the origin of the music, artist, production, and lyrics by showing black with a white letter in each part of the pie if the song/CD qualifies. If some aspect doesn't qualify, it would be white with a black letter:


Or if a Hawthorne spec kilt was called by it's Gaelic name to differentiate it?