Kilted at a Red Hat Convention? Any Experience out There?

[Riverkilt]

So there's a big convention of the Red Hat ladies in Las Vegas in February '18. An old college sweetheart has invited me to meet her there and I plan to attend.

I know the Red Hat ladies are wild and fun and pure joy to be around.

Since she invited me I'm guessing men are welcome or, at least, tolerated.

My mind races at the thought of being kilted amid hundreds of Red Hat ladies bent on having fun. Will they tear me apart like a pack of dogs on a rat? Will they ask "The Question" nonstop?

Will they take liberties?

Maybe someone out there has already attended Red Hat convention kilted and can provide some feedback????

Most appreciated...

I do know I plan to attend "Commando" but they won't know that....unless...dang...

[Terry Searl]

Just my opinion but the "commando" thing seems more than a bit over blown and depending on how "wild" the convention you mention becomes I think you are asking for trouble or could be causing some embarrassment to yourself and the ladies around you........if you were with a group of very close friends and don't mind the heckling then whether you were "commando" or not wouldn't be an issue.....personally I don't understand the issue of whether a man has underwear on under his kilt.....it all seems a bit childish to me and takes away from the dignity of wearing a kilt......like I said just my opinion though

[Tarheel]

I enjoy the Red Hat ladies in my town. Their fun is usually safe (while around the public). I will insist that you do not wear a red hat of your own. That will be asking for it (and it ain't good for you).

[Riverkilt]

For sure no red hat of my own. Issue isn't commando or not...issue is the FUN red hats seem to have. Just looking to see if anyone had already done that.

[GMan]

Several years ago I was in a neighboring town, of course I was kilted, I came across 3 or 4 ladies donning red hats. They were just coming from a meeting, and were just over joyed seeing a "kilted gentleman" (their words). We talked for a good 30 minutes or so just having a grand time of it.

No problems with the question, or trying to sneak a peek. I found that we were pretty much in sync with our crazy and fun loving ways.

[OC Richard]

If case someone comes across this thread who is mystified by the talk of women wearing red hats:

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals,
and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired,
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells,
And run my stick along the public railings,
And make up for the sobriety of my youth...


And about wearing purple, with a red hat that doesn't go...

[dutchy kilted]

I would worry about getting out alive.

My wife and I stopped at a rummage sale at a local retirement home on our way to a wedding. I had on a USA Semi-Trad in Scruffy Wallace tartan, and I could not go more than a few feet without a wonderful older woman or another stopping me to ask about the tartan, the kilt, what was underneath ...

My wife found it highly amusing listening to the remarks being made behind my back, and the women pantomiming lifting my kilt as I went past.

I had to remind myself that when those woman were forty years younger they were probably grand hell raisers.

[Really a McQueen]

My friend Riverkilt. While I can understand your plan to go "regimental" in Lost Wages, in February, there still exists a slight chance of embarrassing situations arising. My own experience with red hat ladies indicates that mature women and alcohol often result in a lowering of standards of care. Therefore I would suggest forgoing the "regimental" route, and instead wear some novelty boxers with cartoon characters on them. Imagine the reaction of 'aunt Maude' and her friends when one of them, following a couple rounds of Long Island Iced Teas, conducts a kilt check, only to encounter the visage of Scooby-Do or Wiley Coyote. Just be sure to select your shorts for their ability to induce laughter.

[tripleblessed]

As a performer I've learned, rightly or wrongly, that more fun is had when you play to the audience you have, not the one you had hoped to get.
My experience with the ladies who gather under that tent is that they are unlikely to be fazed by much, having sampled pretty broadly and deeply
most of the opportunities available, and having broad tolerance for what they didn't personally get into. My evaluation of your posting history is
that you'll do fine, and they will enjoy it. Whatever "it" is, and likely a bit less than some are imagining. And if a bit more, clearly they weren't
offended.

[OC Richard]

conducts a kilt check only to encounter the visage of Scooby-Do or Wiley Coyote. Just be sure to select your shorts for their ability to induce laughter.

That's a great idea!

Personally I always wear underwear. Us pipers are often in situations such as crowded pubs where we're in very close proximity of drunk people and both our hands are engaged playing the pipes- no free hand to swipe away grasping drunks.

And piping outdoors in very windy situations.