Kilted at an X-Fest.

**Larry124** · 26th September 09, 07:43 PM

Last weekend I attended an X-Fest (Extreme Folk: Electric band music – Celtic, Blues, Zyedco) in south New Jersey USA.

In a resort campground. (A resort campground is one with porcelain flush facilities and hot showers.)

I wore a casual or contemporary kilt most of the time. Daywear USAK Casual or AmeriKilt, sans hose , nightwear SWK wool or HoS PV blend, wool hose.

As hippy-dippy as the event was, I still received the gamut:

The question from men and women: I did my best to recall all of the good responses from this forum.

My favorite is: What is under the kilt?

Why, it's the Loch Ness monster:

Very old.
Not often seen.
Some say imaginary.
(And another point that I’d best not post here.)

On the (mosh) dance floor, several kilt checks (meant in fun by lively lasses and welcomed).

Some sincere curiosity inquiries – teachable moments.

The funniest (?!) comment was from a woman with an eccentrically dressed and pierced young teenaged daughter in tow: “I really like kilts – except on men.”
Unteachable that one, but I could tell that the teen got it by the way she rolled her eyes at her mom.

Advice for new kilt wearers to wear the kilt a lot at home is good advice.
I do, and so some of the questions and comments came as a surprise since I often forgot that I was wearing a kilt.

**dfmacliam** · 26th September 09, 08:03 PM

Well all in all, sounds like you had a great time.

Sometimes, it's the comments that make the fun.. Or the reactions of others..

**NewGuise** · 26th September 09, 08:19 PM

I have a few reproductions of medieval pilgrim badges and such from Fettered Cock Pewters (http://fetteredcockpewters.com), one of which I intend at least occasionally to wear on my kilt, on the inner apron, so that if anyone asks what is under my kilt I can just flash this:

**Larry124** · 26th September 09, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by NewGuise

I have a few reproductions of medieval pilgrim badges and such from Fettered Cock Pewters (http://fetteredcockpewters.com), one of which I intend at least occasionally to wear on my kilt, on the inner apron, so that if anyone asks what is under my kilt I can just flash this:

Sir Guise, a tip of my cap!