Article: "Rebel army – The latest kilt trends and ideas"

[Deil the Yin]

Or, as the Pythons would say, "Now for something totally different."

Erm... that's "completely" different.

[mookien]

I like all the outfits, though that commando flap seems a bit short to me.

[Just Hugh]

Do we wear the kilt because we're traditionalists or are we traditionalists because we wear the kilt? I don't like most trends; they quickly pass and are revealed to have been ridiculous. Having said that, the kilt itself is more of an historic garment than a current one, so it's celebrants are more likely to prefer a more traditional presentation.

Having said that, I am aware that my resistance to trends has made my own style somewhat ridiculous. I was recently traveling (no kilt) through South Station in Boston and a police officer asked me where my time machine was. (Although that was partly inspired by the fact that I was carrying a paper book rather than an e-reader.)

[OC Richard]

A sea-change I've witnessed here on the West Coast of the USA is the appearance and current massive popularity of the Utilikilt.

They've gone from nonexistent to being a novel curiosity to being ubiquitous in just a few years.

This of course is happening in the diaspora. The question is: will Utilikilts have a lasting impact on Highland Dress in Scotland?

Who knows how many innovations have come and gone without having such.

[tundramanq]

Richard has mentioned one of the few new kilt ideas that has stuck for over a decade. The Utilikilt has become the Levi's of today and is heavily copied. The fashion/hire industry is like the auto industry in that they have a vested interest in convincing you that what you have is old hat and what they have is "it". Then next year they play the same scheme again even though what you bought last year is still perfectly serviceable. I quit playing their game decades ago and buy what I like for my reasons not theirs. Classics are things that have stood the test of time for a reason. Modernize a classic with an accessory (or a new coat of paint) instead of discarding it for this years "flavor of the month." Your bank account should stay yours.

[Just Hugh]

I also had a thought about the various trends in Wedding Attire, such as evening wear during the day, etc. I'm not sure it's the fault of the for hire community alone. So many men have little knowledge about proper dress and they defer to the bride on many issues of aesthetics. Being a woman, she is not likely to know about men's proper dress, and will have some combination of girlhood fantasies that she mixes together: groom's dress and time of day of the ceremony/party have been selected from two different sources.

[MacConnachie]

Looks to me that the pockets are something of an affectation of the "pockets" created by tucking the top corners or fabric ends of a belted plaid inside the belt. My first kilt was a belted plaid, and after having worn "wee" kilts now for a number of years, would pleat and pin a belted plaid, or great kilt quite a bit differently than the way I used to do. Just my opinion, and I haven't spent any time on the website in question in an attempt to determine what may have "inspired" the add-on pockets for the tailored kilt.