Full time Kilt Wearers.

[R. Crosby]

Any full time kilt wearers in here? I'm seriously considering going "full time" and I want to learn about some peoples experiences with wearing the kilt full time. How many kilts do you own and what Tartans and how often do you rotate them. What do you wear with your kilts and how were you received by family, friends, colleagues once you decided to go full time? Pics would be appreciated too. IMG_4777.jpg

[rondo]

For a year and a half I wore kilts 5 or 6 days a week at work. I have 5 kilts of which only 4 were suitable for work wear [the 5th being a historical philabeag]. Of the four I wore routinely one is Spirit of Scotland [wool blend], two are PV one Holyrood and one US Navy Edzell, and a Kingussie wool tank in Ancient Dunbar. I wore wing collars with long ties and a silk or satin waistcoat [as an outer garment] no jacket, wool hose pulled up but sans flashes, always wore a blanket style kilt pin and a black/brown hand tooled sporran.

I have been well received by family, friends, and customers alike. I was managing a bar/restaurant [my own] and set the dress code myself. None of my employees were comfortable enough to follow my lead.
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Not all the pics are dressed for work but I'm sure you get the idea. Hope this helps some. Since I no longer have the bar/restaurant I don't have the luxury of being kilted full time.
Rondo

[kiltedwolfman]

I've worn kilts full time for years and years and have never had a negative encounter. Sure there have been the few loudmouth dimwits but I pay them less attention then I would a minor itch. As far as what I wear with them, just about anything goes I don't subscribe too heavily in the idea of making the kilt a stereotypical "Look at me I'm Scottish" kind of thing, but rather and much more simply an "I'm just a guy in a kilt" kind of thing.

[Richrail]

I've starting wearing Kilts whenever I'm not working. I have a dress code at work for safety reasons. I currently have 7 kilts, 2 of the Budget kilts from Buyakilt.com Irish Heritage and Black Stewart. 2 Budget kilts from HoS in the "Freedom" tartan and Ramsey Blue. I have one USAK Semi-Trad in Holyrood and 2 USAKs casuals , Fraser Hunting and Douglas Ancient. With the very warm summer we're having here in Reno I pretty much grab the USAK casual each morning. I've not had a single negative or belittling comment, I've had quite a few positive comments and a few "wish I could do that" comments. I have to wear compression stockings for health reason so I always wear kilt hose' and flashes with both oxfords and with my boots. For shirts I'm kinda of a cotton polo guy not too much into wearing just a T-shirt thing. I have found that I really do like the feel and look of the "Dickies" work shirt with the kilt also.Stewart Black.jpgKilted Saturday.jpg

[cable scot]

I wear my kilts more than anything else and have done so for about two years now, I find that once you get used to the looks and random people having a chat or asking to take a pic with you it's fine. I have 13 kilts, 3 PV and the rest 16oz wool in 5, 6, 8 and 9 yards of tartan wool. I do put each of my kilts out on the clothesline every couple of days depending on what I was wearing that week, to air them out and to keep the moths at bay.

[Derek]

I wear cilts/kilts full time .. have done now for nearly two years ... never had any problem with the wife, family or friends. I have 5 cilts ... always dress very casual and comfy .. smart casual max (which for me is just adding shirt n tie). I just go about everyday life no different to having jeans on.



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Derek

[TheOfficialBren]

As far as what I wear with them, just about anything goes I don't subscribe too heavily in the idea of making the kilt a stereotypical "Look at me I'm Scottish" kind of thing, but rather and much more simply an "I'm just a guy in a kilt" kind of thing.

Ditto. I avoid any semblence of a "costume" like the plague.