Yesterday was the annual Tartan Day Parade, which attracted had 2,000 marchers on a fine but windy day. One participant, Chuck Kaba of Canada's Royal Highland Regiment, told the Daily News he wasn't worried about his kilt flying up, "It's a 17-ounce, government-issued kilt, so it won't raise up."
Tartan Day Parade Survives New Parade Rules
Celebs, Models, Soldiers Don Kilts For Charity
Last night was the annual Dressed to Kilt fundraiser, hosted by Sean Connery and his wife Micheline. The event was themed "Mad For Scotland," letting its kilt-wearing models strut their stuff in not so traditional outfits. For instance, Joan Jett wore a feather mohawk headdress and Kelly Bensimon wore a plaid bustier. Today show weatherman Al Roker did not go "au naturel" under his kilt, while country singer Kelly Pickler gave this advice to MTV, "Just keep your legs together. Be a lady or a gentleman. No cartwheels down the runway."
Alleged Insider Trading IBM Exec Would Dress Up
Daily Intel noticed how Robert Moffatt, the IBM executive arrested in the insider trading ring with Galleon Group head Raj Rajaratnam, seems like a fun guy. According to Bloomberg News, Moffatt, once in line to be future IBM CEO, Moffatt would start meetings with "This Day in History" trivia and utilized costumes to boost morale: "He once told workers in the Raleigh office that if the division turned a profit in one quarter, he would wear a kilt at a company event. When it did, he kept his promise. He once dressed up in a sumo-wrestler suit at a conference."

