The New Guy (Central Texas)

**Ceafin** · 30th June 17, 11:42 AM

I'm a brand new to kilts. I do have a utility kilt to start, as my wife finally got me over the hurdle. I had been dawdling about it, because I was wanting to have a kilt to wear, but wanted to wear it far more often than I have special or formal events to wear them to. Then this whole utility kilt thing started showing up? Like the cousin to my jeans, I got what I'm growing to love as my "old blue jeans" version of a kilt: moss colored 10oz duck cotton "Kiltman" brand kilt with trouser pockets.

I know there's quite a bit of discussion on here about footwear, as I have been a lurker for some time now. But I gotta say coming from Central, South, and Gulf Texas throughout my life, I'll wear flip-flops with damn near anything! That being said, I'm one of those youngsters that sport a utility kilt with flip-flops, and you can be rest assured, as I wore them with my jeans in the Texas-winter, I'll probably be doing the same with the kilt. But in this 98º-103ºF weather, a t-shirt, flip flops, and a kilt are fantastic!

I also have western/cowboy style boots, but I haven't purchased a good kilt hose to go with them just yet. For me, is finding a good inbetween footwear for casual fridays at the office. You know, nice button down collared shirt, my non-tartan solid color kilt, and then I'm guessing just a nice pair of socks with my regular office/dress shoes.

My family is from the McWh*rters, so to our knowledge we didn't have our own tartan, but in following the Buchanans, just take on theirs. It seems most of my family branches (other than the McWh*rters) all hail from Scotland, and then some time in Ireland before swinging States' side, and Wales.

I started hanging out here to kind of get the gist of how the modern person wears their kilts from formal to reeeeal-casual. I'm pretty irreverent though, so I'll get the tradition and foundation down pat, and then break a bunch of rules (I mean you gotta learn before you can break 'em, right? ;)

Might thinking of getting a more sport-like-kilt next in my tartan colors.

Latha math agaibh!

**KMCMICHAEL** · 30th June 17, 12:59 PM

Welcome from Irving. Kilts like 511 and Stumptown are perfect for Texas.

**Father Bill** · 30th June 17, 01:30 PM

Welcome to the "Great Rabble"!

**Nomad** · 30th June 17, 01:48 PM

Welcome, they were certainly a few McWhirters in the Wigtownshire/Galloway region when I was growing up.

**bdkilted** · 30th June 17, 02:20 PM

Welcome from Waco.

**Tarheel** · 30th June 17, 02:41 PM

Well met and welcome new member. You're not alone in your kilting quest so rest assured there will be others that will pipe up to assist you. Glad to have you with us.