Posted on 12/22/2005 3:36:45 PM PST by Clive
I am just imagining when every ethnic and minority group wants to dress to honor their races.
Doo-rags, gold lame' burqas, "Stop Snitchin'" shirts, baggy pants. Dress code is dress code. Honor it or change schools.
And there is no regiment on earth that would allow him into a regimental ball.
No sporran, no kilt pin, no formal jacket, no formal shirt, No jabot and cuffs, no kilt hose and garter flashes, no ghillie brogues.
(I wouldn't insist of a sgien dubh and probably the headmaster would not allow it)
;)
Here's the rule: if a boy is wear something with one lower opening for his two legs, it must be made from 8 yards of 13-16 ounce wool, woven in a pattern associated with one of the Scottish clans, and amply pleated.
What about when Tahitian girls want to, um...
Said he had on "white shirt and black tie with white socks and black boots."
Good enough for me.
I'm not Scottish, but Kilts are much nicer looking than that. That thing looks like the blanket that was hanging on the back of granny's old couch in her basement until mom cut it up and sewed a button on it.
Our local kids can wear kilts to school and do, but then we have a Pipe and Drum marching band and a yearly Caledonian Celebration along with sheep dog trials.
Braveheart made kilts popular, that's for sure.
Bullsh*t.
He oughta just admit it's a statement to compensate for his obvious lack of charisma.
If the vice-principal had already seen it - and not objected - then it really wasn't fair of the principal to kick him out. I understand the need for dress codes - believe me - the schools I went to had VERY strict dress codes. But this WAS just a dance for pete's sake!
I think it will be nice if those who are willing to help him get a full formal set up going for him.
We had an older gentleman who wore his kilt to the office every halloween - the whole outfit - was pretty nifty actually. He also would wear it on other occasions as well.
A previous story about this showed him in a picture with his girlfriend. He wore the kilt, a white shirt, black tie and black boots. She wore a simple black dress with spaghetti straps.
The story went on to say how he had "saved up the money to buy the kilt". They don't come cheap and, one must assume, that he purchased the kilt from an authorized outlet of his clan in Scotland.
I think we need to evaluate his reasons for wanting to wear the kilt. He wasn't trying to make a statement, he wanted to honor his heritage which he had spent four years researching.
If you are kilted up for the ball, you need to be in full and proper kit.
After reading about the cigarette law of Scotland on another post, I'd be embarrassed to even mentioned the fact if I had Scotish blood.
Now here's a kilt!
"It is? In that case, he looks like a clown."
D'accord.
But that picture does not show "traditional Scottish dress".
What about the nudists?
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