Kilts on Ebay France

[Colonel MacNeal]

Well....

I did a search on Ebay France to see what was available in the kilt market, and I must say the experience was a little disturbing. A lot of the kilt offerings have "gay" in the title, and I'm sure they don't mean "happy."

I have no problem with other people being gay, but I am disturbed by this French perception of the kilt as a gay garment and part of the gay culture. Is it just anti-British sentiment, or is there a gay kilted subculture in France?

Definitely having second thoughts about wearing a kilt in France later this summer.

ColMac

On a lighter note, I did find a couple of kilts on EBay France that I liked, but the vendor did not ship outside of "France - Metropolitain".

[Chas]

Hi ColMac,

I think you will find this is an eBay thing rather than a French cultural thing. It has to do with the way eBay does searches. The more information the vendor can put in the first line of the title, the greater the visibility and the more potential customers. Information can be put in the second line, but there is a small fee, so the vendor crams as much as they can in to get the widest exposure.

I don't think you will have any trouble in France. It is after all, Scotland's oldest ally.

Regards

Chas

[Colonel MacNeal]

Hi ColMac,

I think you will find this is an eBay thing rather than a French cultural thing. It has to do with the way eBay does searches. The more information the vendor can put in the first line of the title, the greater the visibility and the more potential customers. Information can be put in the second line, but there is a small fee, so the vendor crams as much as they can in to get the widest exposure.

I don't think you will have any trouble in France. It is after all, Scotland's oldest ally.

Regards

Chas

I would try to agree, but this is the first time I've ever seen this on any country's Ebay. The men in some of these kilt ads, were also, shall we say "provocative."

[Dan R Porter]

I wonder what Ancient Alliance fro Lady Chrystal has to say about this...

[Nighthawk]

I just had a look myself, out of curiosity. I think you may be worrying too much. I only saw one with the word "gay" in the title... and a rather short minikilt being worn by a rather attractive lady who was stark nekkid except for the kilt skirt. Not something that American eBay could get away with... but I digress. There are French members of this board, one of whom is a kiltmaker, herself. So it seems to me that you shouldn't have any problems; especially considering the history between France and Scotland.

[McClef]

There is a French Kilt wearers site - http://www.kilt-society-de-france.fr/ which may be of interest but be warned it's all in French!

[Brother Falldown]

Actually, I don't think it is a French thing either. I think it may just be where particular groups decide to communicate. Do a Google Image search on "Bagpipes". Look at all fifty pages of images and you will not find anything you did not expect. Now do a Google Image search on "kilt". If you review all fifty pages you will find some un-expected items, none of which are linked to the French.

[Bigkahuna]

I just had a look myself, out of curiosity. I think you may be worrying too much. I only saw one with the word "gay" in the title... and a rather short minikilt being worn by a rather attractive lady who was stark nekkid except for the kilt skirt. Not something that American eBay could get away with... but I digress. There are French members of this board, one of whom is a kiltmaker, herself. So it seems to me that you shouldn't have any problems; especially considering the history between France and Scotland.

Nekkid!!!! Em.... where did you say that site was?????

[wvpiper]

I would try to agree, but this is the first time I've ever seen this on any country's Ebay. The men in some of these kilt ads, were also, shall we say "provocative."

I've seen it pretty frequently, but, the garments in question aren't actually kilts as you and I know them.

[Bugbear]

Interesting.