Hi everybody,


Just thought I would introduce myself.

Last year I got married at the Standing Stones of Steness on Orkney and decided I would wear a kilt in honour of the occasion. I'd seen a few people wearing Utilikilts at festivals over the years and thought a modern kilt would be the style for me. I'm not a Scot and can't legitimately claim any heritage connections either; my Grandmother's maiden name was Baxter but my family has always been based South of the border as far as I know. So that rules out any tartans for me. I'm an Anthropologist and I hold a certain respect for cultural forms, their inherent meaning and the improtance they can hold for the group that 'owns' them. To me an Englishman wearing tartan just isn't appropriate; but a kilt, that's just a garment and a pretty fine one too!


Couldn't afford a Utilikilt so did some hunting round and came up with a close approximation from eBay. It was advertised with exactly the same images as I had seen used for a company called "OZ Kilt"; they don't seem to have much of a profile but the kilt looked good.


I wore it for the hand-fasting on the day and, under the advice of our celebrant, wore underwear with it.... I know, broken a cardinal rule there and invited scorn as a "soft Sasanach". In my defence I won't be doing it again; also at the time I didn't want to give my guests too big a surprise and it is fairly windy up on Orkney. The day was a wonderful event and the wife (Kathrin) loved how I looked in my kilt.


Since then I have continued to wear my kilt at weekends and in the evening, not everyday but more and more as I come to appreciate the comfort, convience and look of being kilted. The fact that Kathrin appreciates it too makes it very easy to put on!


The result has been that I am committed to wearing a kilt more of the time, which in turn means that I will need to have more than one and either make or buy additional options.


Right now I am looking for another modern (narrow apron) kilt in black to wear for work, but I am looking for one without cargo pockets so I can add a sporran. Haven't found any that fit the bill and don't exceed my meagre budget - the www.skilt.co.uk range look amazing but I can't stretch that far yet - so I am considering the x-kilt route.


That's all about me for now; so Hello to you all!!