Quote Originally Posted by Makar View Post
Those utilikilts in the picture of 4 guys wouldn't go down in Scotland at all - maybe we are just purists in the kilt sense. Some folk do wear them but only once I reckon. They look like a lot less material too - great for lightweight walking I suppose but if I was up town I would want the ability to let the whole 9 yards move around me. It feels great having the material flow about you. I think these utilikilts are really just skirts - be honest! But if I got one it would be in leather and wear it with a skull and crossbones sporran. Must carry a knife with it - and wear running shoes...
Slight correction they were Unionkilts not Utilikilts, and Utilikilts are even more different - they use a stitched box pleat design rather than the traditional pressed pleat. They are as much a skirt as the small kilt normally worn today is.

I'll have you know most of the time I get a lot of compliments on my Utilikilt, obviously the there are incidents with NEDS being abusive - but that would happen with a normal kilt, there was also a recent occurrence of a 6 year old girl asking their dad why I was wearing a skirt.

You're right about the weight, at least mine is a lightweight cotton twill (lighter than denim) but the fact that I can chuck it in the washing machine makes it possible to wear on a daily basis if I want to. But as you say nothing much can replace the feel of wearing a "proper" kilt.

Barney