More trouble than there worth

[swat88eighty]

Gang,
I have found at times kilts are more trouble than the comfort level is worth. I mean, everytime you sit down, you have to arrneg the pleats as to not screw them up, and after you sit, you can't shift around too much for fear of once again screwing up the pleats.
Anyone else ever feel that way??

[bear]

No.
My pleats rarely get messed up. On the rare occasion they do, I shrug and go about my business. A crease isn't anything to get worried about. Life's too short!

[Jimmy Carbomb]

You just have to learn how to do the "swoosh" when you sit. It looks a little "wimpy" at times, but keeps you from ironing! That works for me.

My wool "tanks" don't know what "wrinkle" means. THAT'S probably the best part of having quality material and DEEP pleats.

[Rigged]

I'd rather shift my pleats than shift my nuts.

[philibeg]

When I first started wearing the kilt I asked everbody I could about how to sit down when kilted. I felt like Jackie O at a tea party smoothing out my pleats everytime I sat, but sitting bare-assed on my friends furniture didn't seem like a great alternative. The Scotsmen I spoke to all agreed that you simply gotta pull the kilt tight as you sit down, preferably with one hand in a quick, sharp and unobtrusive motion...and I agree, if your pleats do happen to get discombobulated, well, so what? life is definately too short...

[beverlonian]

Gang,
I have found at times kilts are more trouble than the comfort level is worth.

I can't believe I've read this! Go and stand in the corner in a pair if tr****rs!

[Riverkilt]

And....there's this move for sitting kilted with hands full.

Ya sorta half squat, letting the pleats drop straight, then back the bottom of the kilt against the edge of the chair to hold it there lightly and sit down while opening the knees a bit to let the front apron drop into place...

What trouble...

Practice practice practice...just like anything else...

Ron

[Mr. Kilt]

While I agree with everyone here who finds it no bother at all, I think Rigged summed it up perfectly!
"I'd rather shift my pleats than shift my nuts."

[phil h]

no matter what people tell you, kilts ARE a pain sometimes, not always practical.
when it's 30 below
at the gum
or at work,depending where you work.
or if you are in a rush and can't be bothered poncing about getting a kilt fastened with 3 straps.
some guys here go kilted full time.
ok if you are retired or a fulltime kilt maker.
but for the rest of us like I said not always too practical.
I find my UK was a pain till I soaked it in softener a few times, still a pain tho, too keep the pleats in order,you dont have that kind of trouble with pants, but then you don't have the same comfort or look as good either.
I think AL the kilted cop said it best , when I asked him about his wearing kilts.
he said it's just another part of his wardrobe.
a time and place for evrything he said, not his exact words but close.

[Rufus]

Good points Phil.

Admittedly, there are times when I just don't want to bother with my kilt. There are times that I like the attention, and other times that it really cheeses me off to have everyone staring at me. Yes, I'm fickle like a cat.

There are other times where sitting on the pleats for long periods of time just plain old makes my butt hurt. When I'm writing papers for school, I always wear trousers, because I sit for long periods of time without moving - and ouch! I only wrote one paper kilted, and never again. Maybe this just happens to me.