The question I get asked most often when I swish around in my kilt is the most obvious, and the most embarrassing – “what does a Scotsman really wear under his kilt?” I’ll come to that, but firstly let’s delve into kilt wearing – a serious business alive with tradition and etiquette that you must always consider before unfurling those tartan yards of wool around your waist.
The kilt is no mere tartan skirt. It is inexorably bound up in the rich cultural and historical weave of Scotland, once banned by the British Government such was its potent symbolism and motivational power. I feel very different when I wear a kilt. I’m never more proudly Scottish, whether it is for its more traditional modern uses at a cèilidh or wedding,…
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Scotland (Digital) - 1 Issue, January - February 2024