Kilts are Historic
I just found this group and had to join. While I haven't worn a kilt YET, I've had interests in them since I began collecting British and Canadian military uniforms twenty years ago. How many of the group members know that British and Canadian troops wore kilts into battle in both WW I and WW II? It wasn't just the bagpipers who wore them, but combettroops as well andmany regiments actually have their own pattern. I must point out that not one of my military reference books states what the soldiers wore under their kilts. so I'll leave that to your imagination.
I have on two occasions worn a kilt, I of course wore nothing underneath and I have to admit to really enjoying that aspect, the kilts I wore I actually rented so I have never actually purchased one. I have though made a couple of cotton based kilts from old T-shirts, these came in very useful when I visited an unofficialnude beach in South Wales. Their was a long walk through forest to the beach and althoughI had made the walk nude, it was a public area, however, by wearing the cotton kilts I was of course legal and with nothing on underneath stillat least felt naked; I still wear them today in my backyardas from any distance they do look like shorts, however, I think that is more down to presumtion as opposed to people taking a good look. I love the feeling wearing one and take it from me it is the next best thing to being totally naked.
The whole business about kilts and clans is mainly rubbish and dreamt up by George IV to keep the natives happy! Hwoever, that does not mean it is any less enjoybale to go around in a kilt, preferably outdoors with nothing on underneath. Next best thing to being nude, and you sure get a lot of attention, especailly from anyone behind you as you go up steps on a windy day!!!
ruaridh is right about the way kilts were standardised in the reign of George IV but it was Sir Walter Scott who did it. The British government distracted G IV who wanted to lead his troops in battle on the Continent by sending him on a Royal Progress to Scotland which ended with a 'Gathering of the Clans' in Edinburgh organised by Scott who thought that each clan would look better similarly dressed. Sets (patens for tartans) were originally regional or set by the dies locally available. If you saw the wedding of crown Princess Mary or Demark (she's from State of Tasmania in Australia) you will have seen her father in the official Australian Sett.
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