Kilt wearers ordered to wear underpants

The Scottish Tartans Authority has decreed that refusing to put on underwear beneath a kilt is "childish and unhygienic".

The Scottish Tartans Authority has decreed that refusing to put on underwear beneath a kilt is "childish and unhygienic".

Tartans Authority director Brian Wilton said kilt wearers should have the "common sense" to realise they should wear underwear beneath their country's national dress.

He said, "The idea that you are not a real Scot unless you are bare under your kilt should be thrown into the same wastepaper basket as the idea that you're not a real Scot unless you put salt on your porridge."

But Scotland's kilt wearers condemned the advice. Former Formula One racing driver David Coulthard, said: "Kilts are from the past and so is the tradition of not wearing any underwear. I'm proud to be a true Scotsman. It's a tradition that should be left alone."

Inverness-based kilt maker Ian Chisholm, a spokesman for the Scottish Kilt Makers' Association, said, "The tradition of no underwear being worn was a stipulation of Scottish military regulation.

To say it is unhygienic is wrong. The freedom of movement is healthy. We always tell customers to wear nothing under the kilt if everything is in good working order."

The firm, which also made a kilt for Sir Sean Connery, said some kilts had been returned in such a dirty state that they were too unhygienic for staff to handle.

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