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22nd March 10, 01:33 AM
#1
From the Sartorialist
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/...t-lengths.html
Show a bit of leg on the second two pics and the style works great. Don't know what I think about the tiny black leather man-bag though.
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22nd March 10, 04:17 AM
#2
Schiehallion kilted and true
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22nd March 10, 06:17 AM
#3
Perhaps I should have added a "Brace Yourself" warning to that post.
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22nd March 10, 06:19 AM
#4
You may have opened yourself to court proceedings by failing to add that disclaimer!
Why on earth did I have to start on my Monday with that attrocity?
Now I am going to wash out my eyes and try to preserve them.
Jim Killman
Writer, Philosopher, Teacher of English and Math, Soldier of Fortune, Bon Vivant, Heart Transplant Recipient, Knight of St. Andrew (among other knighthoods)
Freedom is not free, but the US Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
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22nd March 10, 06:40 AM
#5
 Originally Posted by guitarmatt
The only one that MIGHT work - might, mind you - is the second, but he looks like someone who's wearing a kilt but afraid to make a full commitment and show his knees. Perhaps a bit of tutelage under the tender care of Jock is required!
Regards,
Brian
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23rd March 10, 08:57 PM
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It drives me nuts that people make blanket statements about all skirts, referring to them as kilts. It breeds all kinds of misconceptions. Is really that hard to do a little research and get your facts correct? I know that the photographer referred to them as skirts, but a lot of the posters mistook those as kilts. And let's face it... those pictures further the misconception that the kilt indicates sexual preference or some kind of deviant fetish.
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
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24th March 10, 01:29 AM
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24th March 10, 12:28 PM
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Dude, those garments aren't being worn as kilts, they're being worn as skirts. At least, the first and third are crossdressers, and the second is either a misguided guy in a kilt, or a crossdresser looking for tartan-clad legitimacy. I'm willing to extend the benefit of the doubt, for now. This forum isn't about crossdressing, and if that's what people are coming here in search of, or think it's ok to post it here because (let's face it) kilts are basically skirts, all I can say is "take your leave, get a nip and tuck and some C cups, and enjoy your skirts". This place is about kilts. Period. Doesn't matter what your lifestyle is, you're either a man in a kilt, or you're in the wrong forum.
Nighthawk said it much more...diplomatically...than I would have. I prefer to be blunt, and if that gets a thread pulled, so be it. The intent of the forum, and its guidelines, are linked at the upper left for anyone to read. I'll work on my diplomacy, but...damn, it's difficult sometimes, right?
Here...this is at the top of THIS forum:
Was someone famous wearing a kilt? Did the media cover a Kilt issue? (no skirts here boys)
So stop posting skirts, huh? It doesn't help.
That being said...let's look closer at photo #2. I vote the hem comes up, the socks turn down, and the photo goes in the "Ten Contemporary Kilted Looks" thread (modeled by someone with proper acknowledgement of kilt length and sock height!) . I can see me doing that, with the jacket, boots and dark hose. It's only the length of the kilt & height of the socks that makes it look skirty, and without seeing the back, I'll assume that it's pleated, that it is indeed a kilt and not one of those Hot Topic Horrors, and that he just figured there wasn't a need for a sporran that day. It would also look better with a sporran...horsehair hangs lower than a hunting sporran and IMHO it'll work better with longer coats, hoodies, large T shirts and similar stuff. I've also noticed that shorter coats, hoodies and T shirts generally work better with kilts...it looks more balanced, and as this sort of looks like a modeling photo, that may have been the intent of placing the hem where it is. Shorter pea coat, one of Josh's gentleman's horsehair sporrans, sgian dubh with a dark red or natural antler hilt, and I think it'll knock 'em dead.

Close...so close. Send him to Jock.
-Sean
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24th March 10, 01:04 PM
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I've got no apologies for posting this link. A member of the media posted photos of people wearing kilts (ignoring the first pic, and the third is up for debate, but no. 2 is certainly a kilt.). Nearly 500 comments on his post show that he's pretty high profile. And it's started some good discussion in this thread.
For the record, I don't dress like any of these three guys. But take no. 3, get rid of the leggings, gold shoes, man-bag and v-neck jumper, and that's a look I'd gladly go for with my black UK Workman.
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24th March 10, 01:57 PM
#10
 Originally Posted by guitarmatt
I've got no apologies for posting this link.
Good. It presented an opportunity to bring up several things that seem to be either misplaced or taboo around here. May as well get it all out, there's no light without darkness, eh?
A member of the media posted photos of people wearing kilts (ignoring the first pic, and the third is up for debate, but no. 2 is certainly a kilt.).
That member of the media is suffering from cranio-rectal inversion, if they think those were all "kilts".   
Nearly 500 comments on his post show that he's pretty high profile. And it's started some good discussion in this thread.
Did you read the comments?   I did. Some irony in there, for certain!
For the record, I don't dress like any of these three guys. But take no. 3, get rid of the leggings, gold shoes, man-bag and v-neck jumper, and that's a look I'd gladly go for with my black UK Workman.
I went back and looked, and you're correct...that'd work. Leather jacket, button up and UK with some boots, that could do. Actually saw a guy standing at a crosswalk in Boulder the other day in a dark UK, brown leather jacket, hiking boots and socks (down). He pulled it off well, didn't look skirty or fetish at all, unlike the photo in question.
All these photos and comments are actually helping to solidify "kilt" in my mind, as opposed to "skirt". The first and third are very clearly "skirt", and I'm also pretty certain that the wearers intended "skirt" as opposed to "kilt"...in other words, they were feminizing themselves on purpose to project a particular image.
That image happens to be contrary to "kilt", which is why I react as though I've been struck with Tourette's Syndrome when somebody posts pictures of crossdressers on a kilt forum.
So, what is it about "kilt" that remains masculine? Why do #1 and #3 just look like a hot tranny mess and a bear in a ballerina suit (respectively), while #2 looks "kilt-like" to the point that we're willing to say "kilt needs adjusting" rather than "crossdresser" as we are with #1 and #2?
-Sean
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