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12th October 11, 05:17 AM
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Re: do ladies wear kilt pins?
 Originally Posted by Father Bill
A pin? Sure. Secure? No. The pin merely goes on the outer apron to decorate it. Your modesty is protected by the wide overlap of the two aprons. Were you to pin it together, we could almost guarantee rips and disasters.
Ooooooooooh look what a noob I am. I always thought the pin was to prevent any potentially embarassing encounters with wind gusts!
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12th October 11, 09:20 AM
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Re: do ladies wear kilt pins?
 Originally Posted by MeghanWalker
Ooooooooooh look what a noob I am. I always thought the pin was to prevent any potentially embarassing encounters with wind gusts! 
Well, I think the idea is the weight of the pin keeps the apron down.
In reality, it's more the overlap of the aprons of the modern kilt that protect one's modesty in most breezes - in a full-on gale, you'd best get in out of the wind! Best to keep at least one hand free when gusts are expected.
From what I've read (I think it was another thread here on XMarks), older kilts didn't have a full under-apron, and thus needed someting to serve as a closure. That's why some military kilts have the ribbons and/or rosettes going up the right-hand/opening edge of the top apron (carrying on the tradition).
As far as ladies wearing kilt pins: in my book, ladies are free to wear whatever they choose on their clothing.
John
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