Greetings from Deetroit! (well, just south of it anyhow)

**Gaisgeil** · 4th November 06, 07:31 AM

Just wanted to say hello, I've really enjoyed the threads I've read so far so I decided to register. I'm a snare drummer in an area pipe band so I'm pretty used to wearing a kilt. Recently though I've been getting the urge to start wearing them more often in everyday life. I'm a little hesitant to do so given the stares and snickers I've dealt with while wearing my band kilt. I guess this is just something you've got to get over. My other main concern is I've been slowly but steadily losing weight over the last year and am a bit apprehensive to invest in such a pricey (though worth it!) garment that I may not be able to wear in a year's time. I know you can have them altered but I've heard they never look "quite right" if they need to be sized down, rather than up. Any truth to this?

Anyway, hello, glad to be here!

**Canuck** · 4th November 06, 08:16 AM

Welcome. I used to live a little south of Detroit as well, when I went to the University of Windsor ;)
Cheers
Robert

**Blu (Ontario)** · 4th November 06, 08:17 AM

Welcome from across the river in Ontario!

Originally Posted by Gaisgeil

.... I'm a snare drummer in an area pipe band so I'm pretty used to wearing a kilt.

What band??

... Recently though I've been getting the urge to start wearing them more often in everyday life.

Who can blame! We have these wonderful, comfortable, handsome, and probably expensive garments hanging in the closet.... It's like kid sitting at a table with a bag of candy... tough to resit.

.... I'm a little hesitant to do so given the stares and snickers I've dealt with while wearing my band kilt. I guess this is just something you've got to get over.

Stick around here for a while... the collective wisdom on this board covers just about every situation I've run across!

... My other main concern is I've been slowly but steadily losing weight over the last year and am a bit apprehensive to invest in such a pricey (though worth it!) garment that I may not be able to wear in a year's time. I know you can have them altered but I've heard they never look "quite right" if they need to be sized down, rather than up. Any truth to this?

Depends on the extent of the reduction or enlargement. I had mine done this past summer and it was basicaly a re-build. I had this done by an experienced kiltmaker and the kilt looks great.

Anyway, hello, glad to be here!

If you played at any of the games in Ontario this summer, chances are we may have unwittingly crossed paths.

Enjoy the group!

blu

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 4th November 06, 08:31 AM

Welcome to the forums!

**Panache** · 4th November 06, 08:45 AM

Welcome to X Marks the Scot from California!

Cheers

**starbkjrus** · 4th November 06, 09:56 AM

And welcome from our nation's cesspool......er...Capital. Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

**TimC** · 4th November 06, 10:44 AM

Welcome to the forum and the addiction!

-Tim

**Riverkilt** · 4th November 06, 11:10 AM

Welcome Gaisgeil,

I once spent the weekend in the Algiers Motel Annex, a few months BEFORE the riots.

My solution to weight gain and loss is to buy a range of kilt sizes...cause I'm one of those yo-yo folks with my weight.

And, the compliments from the ladies offset any teasing from stupid and rude people.

The worst things I ever feared in life never actually happened.

Ron

**Chef** · 4th November 06, 12:04 PM

Welcome. M ight suggest that you invest in some of the less exensive kilts untill you are the size you expect to stay at for a while. Many of the less expensive traditional and non-traditional kilts are less than a rebuild on a full 8-yard kilt.