Hi everybody!

I just recently purchased a kilt and started wearing it after work and on the weekends. I have been reading posts on this forum for a while now and I have wanted to spend some time kilted in public before I wrote my first post. I took some time off work this week and did just that. Now I have something worthwhile to write.

This week people have come up to me and asked if I play the bagpipes, if I'm going to a wedding, and if I'm wearing my family tartan. One guy said his son intended to have a kilted wedding and wanted to know where I got mine. (You're welcome Rocky.) It seems that they're mostly curious about why I would want to wear it. It definitely initiates some unexpected conversation.

Does anyone have friends that are reluctant to be in public with them when kilted? Then they can't seem to explain why. Something strange is going on there... Could it be all about "The Question"? Only family and friends are rude enough to ask it. I make sure the mystique continues.

I have found that kilts take a bit more thinking about clothing choices than just the usual grab and go. I am going for an American casual look but I know I'll never blend in to the crowd unless I wear p@nts or shorts. Because I know that I will look different from the norm in a kilt I try to match colors and style to it to show good taste. I have never seen anyone else in a kilt anywhere except for at the Scottish festival in Sandwich, and the pipers were certainly not dressed in casual attire. I rely on this forum for style ideas, and I find a lot of good ones. Keep it up. Born in the 50's, I'm still young and impressionable.