Kilt Do's and Don'ts

**DWFII** · 5th July 08, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

It's not offensive! It's disgusting!

Well, making no claim to machoman status, nevertheless, at 62, I more nearly resemble a silver back gorilla than a genderless sylph.

I guess your perspective changes as you get older...I don't find it particularly offensive or disgusting. And the...perhaps not quite so persnickety...women in my life didn't seem to mind either.

That said, while I can't speak for anyone else I have no plans to shave....not my armpits, not my chest, and especially not my back.

Where will it end? Start down that road and the next thing you know leg hair under a kilt will be considered disgusting. At which point maybe it will also be OK if the pleats go all the way around...or the apron closes to the left.

**CameronTaylor** · 5th July 08, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by bubba

I'm ok with the outfit, including the boots, but the flashes gotta go.

Agreement, they don't match the outfit very well. Beyond that I think he pulls it off quite well excpet a proper Guinness should be in an Imperial pint glass but sometimes ya gotta dance with who brung ya.

CT - and drink what's available

**Nighthawk** · 5th July 08, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by ozone

almost as bad as leggings and cowboy boots is this:

(face blurred to protect the guilty)

Yeah, that's bizarre... Not bad or a DO NOT... just odd. Which is why my vote goes into the DO category. DO express your individuality with taste.

Originally Posted by gilmore

It appears that the kilt is not too high. The waist looks to be worn at the correct place on the torso. Most men would wear a longer length these days, but shorter kilts can be quite comfortable on hot days and for hiking.

As to the sporran, had he been playing the pipes or drums?

Casual shoes, no flashes, a Jacobite shirt, it's a Sport Kilt, no kilt pin- if he's a musician, he's a very, very casually dressed one... (in reference to Ozone's post of the guy in the kids kilt playing kick-the-dirt in Colorado.)

**Panache** · 5th July 08, 03:55 PM

I just don't think cowboy boots and kilts work together.

Now ropers (short riding boots that lace up) might just work

Cheers

Jamie

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 5th July 08, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by TheSp8

So on the issue of western style with a kilt, check this guy at the San Antonio Highland Games this year. I saw him last year also and I think he has some role within the games. I like his look though.

YMOS,
Tony

I really like this guys look except for the boots and flashes, interesting and good looking mix otherwise.

**Splash_4** · 5th July 08, 04:16 PM

I think either the boots or the flashes would work on their own. Together, they look a little too much.

**walkerk** · 6th July 08, 09:52 PM

Thanks to The F-H.C.A.G. for spotting this one.

**Jerick** · 6th July 08, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by walkerk

Thanks to The F-H.C.A.G. for spotting this one.

Wait... might this be a kort of some sort

(rhyme not intended)

**Ayin McFye** · 7th July 08, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by walkerk

Thanks to The F-H.C.A.G. for spotting this one.

OMG! Somebody NEEDS tell this man that there is something definitely wrong with this picture. I REALLY hope that he was just wearing for a second to be funny, and not actually trying to pull this off as a kilt.

**davedove** · 7th July 08, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

I don't know - If you are going to wear a cowboy hat, and a cowboy Bola, then why not cowboy boots. Sure it's a stretch, but it sort of grows on you? I think I like it. The alternative would be what? Tartan jeans?

Maybe not tartan "jeans", but I think a nice set of tartan trousers would look great with that outfit.

I'm like a lot of others here. To me, cowboy boots just don't look right with the kilt. It all seems a little too "Dale Evans" for me.