To bare or not to bare, divides opinion. Ian Chisholm of the Scottish Kilt Makers’ Association said “it’s traditional to go without and there is nothing wrong with it.” Howie Nicholsby, of ...

But troops do wear them for ceremonial occasions. And a contracting mix-up caused a shortage. There's only one kilt for every fifteen soldiers. So, for now, the troops have been ordered to share.

There has been a big surge in the registration of tartan patterns since the late 1800s. "A lot of people have got on the band wagon and designed their own, but they all have to have the approval ...

The fashion of wearing nothing beneath a kilt has been condemned by the Scottish Tartans Authority, which has called the practice "childish and unhygienic," The Times of London reports.