The attraction of women to men in kilts is amazing. At school in the army cadets and outfitted with ancient kilts and rifles, I often travelled on public transport, marched in street parades and at displays. Girls often shadowed me and chatted freely, but only when kilted. That was a long time ago but things seem no different now. Recently I had an hour to kill after a Scottish Country Dancing class so went window shopping at a nearby shopping mall. I was in a kilt with long socks and polo shirt, my normal dancing class attire. Within moments of entering the mall, two 20 year old girls approached this 65 year old man and started chatting me up big time. It soon began to get too involved so I beat a retreat. It appears they were fresh from Ireland and confessed to loving men in kilts. A few minutes later I entered a shop only to have a girl of similar age follow me in and start asking equally involved questions before confessing “I love seeing a man in a kilt, I think I am going to cry”. She had Scottish ancestry. This was at 4.00PM on a Wednesday afternoon in a quiet shopping mall! I am sure all three would have followed me home if invited. At dancing class it is similar for a very different age range. Women there outnumber men 5 to 1 at least and some are man-hungry aged Scottish widows so when I first started dancing, it was plain scary. Those women on meeting a man who danced was one thing but being in a kilt; it was almost too much! Many have tried to chat me up and years later my butt is still regularly felt at classes through the kilt but so far none have tried to peek or feel up my kilt. That has happened twice, both times by women at major service club dress up functions when hands darted up from behind. One was overheard to ask what was found and the answer was “not much” which was the correct answer that time!
I am endlessly asked what I wear under my kilt which I find very annoying. My answer is “Look down, it’s shoes and socks” This leaves them wondering. In the street little kids will gaze at a man wearing a “skirt” but Scottish kilts are not rare here so guys never worry you, just women. Adolescents are not an issue either. What could be my “ultimate” compliment came from one, a rough young guy who yelled at me across a very crowded upmarket shopping area at the Melbourne Casino saying “F..........g grouse outfit mate!” I was going to a formal function at the Casino’s ballroom and the only one kilted.
Wear a kilt with pride, people of all ages do love men wearing them!
Bill