Hello! Just registered here!

[londonkiltfan]

Hey everyone!

Thought I would post a greeting to everyone here, and get to know a few of you.

Me, I Live in London, and I have been a fan of kilts for years! I am English, and hope that doesn't ruffle any Scottish feathers! Fashion and making style statements are things which I am enthusiastic about. Personally, I don't see why females should have all the fun and freedom, when expressing their sartorial side. I have a couple of kilts, they are not the full 8 yards (Will get one later, when I have enough to spend on a well made one) but they are great for Summer wear. I own a black one, and a red tartan one. The classic red tartan style (forget the name).
I enjoy teaming it up with a plain white shirt, knee high socks with the red garter and sporran. Or perhaps dressing it up with a blazer and tie. My girlfriend thinks I am slightly nuts, lol, but to me, its not about being a sheep and doing as everyone else does, but as simply enjoying ones right to be creative, stylish, and darn cool in the process (I mean that literally..)

I took a bunch of pics when I last wore my red kilt at Canary Wharf, London, and got a bunch of stares and smiles of passers by. Not sure how I post them here though.

Anyway, enough rambling from me. In a nutshell, kilts are amazing. And guys need to be less afraid of venturing into kilt territory!

[Chas]

Hello Kiltfan,

Welcome to XMarks from north of you in the middle of Thetford Forest in Norfolk.

Friday is Canada Day in Trafalgar square - there will be at least three XMarkers there and then on Sunday the 10th of July is the Harpenden Gathering:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...97/#post996019

Come and see us.

Regards

Chas

[McClef]

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from South Wales!

[TurboKittie]

Hello there from St Louis, Missouri.

[neil]

Welcome. Which part of London? I lived in Croydon back in 98-02.

[londonkiltfan]

Hey!

Wow, some seriously quick greetings here from you guys! That is very nice to see, and sure does make one feel part of the gang so to speak!

I see that there are a lot of people living all over the globe on here, and its pretty cool to see that the appreciation of this uniquely cool garment is wider reaching than the British Isles! I wonder what what you get asked by intrigued passer-bys, when dressed in a kilt in say Australia!!

I once got asked by some Asian Tourists by London bridge if I was Scottish. I just said no, am wearing it because I think it looks cool. I was then asked to pose for a bunch of photos with them, with my gf taking the pics! When someone does something out of the ordinary, obviously in a positive - perhaps in some peoples minds, eccentric way, then it can serve as a rather unique ice-breaker and its great to discuss others views and get their perspective on it. Most often, this is a positive dialogue. Very rarely I find people overtly negative or condescending.

Perhaps this indicates a general acceptance of such things, with the majority of folks happy to see such things. But - too shy to do likewise.

[jeremy j starche]

I wonder what what you get asked by intrigued passer-bys, when dressed in a kilt in say Australia!!

I can't speak for Australia, but here in NE Ohio we have a very strong Irish community and most people only see kilts and bagpipes at Irish/Celtic fests and on St Paddies day ... so I figure about half of the people who see me dressed in kilt refer to me as Irish.


I get asked 'Why' quite a bit with my standard response of being 'I hate trousers.'

On the other hand, I was piping at a 4th of July event and when I paused for a break a woman from India came over and I could over-hear her telling her children: "The colors on that thing he is wearing -- those show what tribe he is from."

I just nodded instead of trying to explain universal tartans ;)

[Paul Henry]

Hey!

Wow, some seriously quick greetings here from you guys! That is very nice to see, and sure does make one feel part of the gang so to speak!

I see that there are a lot of people living all over the globe on here, and its pretty cool to see that the appreciation of this uniquely cool garment is wider reaching than the British Isles! I wonder what what you get asked by intrigued passer-bys, when dressed in a kilt in say Australia!!

I once got asked by some Asian Tourists by London bridge if I was Scottish. I just said no, am wearing it because I think it looks cool. I was then asked to pose for a bunch of photos with them, with my gf taking the pics! When someone does something out of the ordinary, obviously in a positive - perhaps in some peoples minds, eccentric way, then it can serve as a rather unique ice-breaker and its great to discuss others views and get their perspective on it. Most often, this is a positive dialogue. Very rarely I find people overtly negative or condescending.

Perhaps this indicates a general acceptance of such things, with the majority of folks happy to see such things. But - too shy to do likewise.

Welcome from me too, I'm in Kingston , just on the edge of London and go into there once every couple of weeks, so perahps we can even meet for a coffee, or perhaps a photocall to give some tourists a real treat!!

[londonkiltfan]

Welcome from me too, I'm in Kingston , just on the edge of London and go into there once every couple of weeks, so perhaps we can even meet for a coffee, or perhaps a photocall to give some tourists a real treat!!

Kingston upon Thames huh? Lovely area, some really nice bars along the river!

Meeting up would be fun, why not? Lets have go for a coffee (or perhaps a pint) and yep - give the tourists a real photo op! lol!

[cessna152towser]

from the Scottish Borders.