A wrinkle in fashion
There is always a lot of talk about casual kilt wear and formal kilt wear. Most people see kilt wearing as one or the other. Traditionalists would have us wear 8 yard, knife pleated, wool kilts with all the required accessories for various events. Casual kilt wearers toss out the rule book and wear whatever the hell they please. I've found that no matter which of the above two choices a kilt wearer chooses, he is almost always fanatical about keeping wrinkles from his pleats. I can see a traditionalist trying to look his best, trying to keep wrinkles from his kilt as a man in a nice suit would try to keep wrinkles from his trousers. His kilt and accessories are a statement and are often worn as a costume or uniform to a formal function. (Some of you think I dislike this. I don't object to kilts as costumes. I object to kilts as ONLY costumes. They were garments first.) I get a chuckle out of guys wearing casual kilts, whether synthetic fabric or wool, even a cargo kilt, that ar...