Ladies and gentlemen:

Do we have any idea how and why the kilt came about?

The leine and brat preceded the kilt, I know, and the leine started off as a tunic (a very basic homo sapiens costume) and developed into a more elaborate tunic/shirt kind of combo.

It simply seems strange to me that anyone would go from a highly structured garment (i.e., the leine) to the great kilt. Who thinks, "I'll abandon this traditional mode of attire and wrap myself in a blanket?"

I'd be surprised if anyone today really knows what compelled the development of the kilt---indeed, at times it seems that we know almost nothing at all of the past---but I wanted to ask anyway.

Now I'll go wrap myself in a blanket and see if anyone has an answer!