I'm amazed at you people

**opositive** · 18th July 12, 02:06 PM

as mattie pointed out, jc did not wear pants. i will have to use that....

my job has a lot of suit--or at least coat and tie--wearing formality. when i have to dress up for a social, i do not want to look like work when i am not at work. kilts are comfortable yet fit in a huge variety of situations--whether formal, wedding, dinner, movie, bbq, or pub.

cmcg somehow did not win "canada's sharpest dressed man" despite a kick butt pic of him in the tartan he designed. a boring drone won--kudos for him, but he looked like a gap ad. i am tired of the complaint that some people wear a kilt to be a peacock. no. wolf, instead of sheep.

**tundramanq** · 18th July 12, 02:25 PM

opostive, it's not helped by Utilikilts saying, "If you aren't pissing someone off, you aren't wearing it right."

They need to spend more time on quality control and less on marketing to the one time buyer, bubble gum crowd!
The design is good, the execution is dicey.

**Mark Stephenson** · 18th July 12, 02:40 PM

A while back someone posted the following. It pretty much expresses why I, as an American of Scottish descent wears the kilt:
" I wear the kilt to honor my forebears and (as a veteran) for all those whom have died wearing the kilt far away from home serving something greater than just themselves. I consider the kilt the physical embodiment of my family legacy. When I wear the kilt, it's as if my ancestors are walking along side me."

**gary meakin** · 18th July 12, 02:46 PM

Richard,
I see a lot of people responding here and justifying why they wear the kilt and how they feel about it.
This is not necessary.
This is a kilt site.
We talk about kilts.
If you don't want to, you probably shouldn't be here.
I belong to a hiker's site as well.
Please don't go over there and start asking why people are getting so excited about taking a walk.

**cessna152towser** · 18th July 12, 02:55 PM

This is a kilt site.
We talk about kilts.

Yes indeed and that includes talking about why we wear the kilt and how we feel about it.
In starting this thread Richard expressed his own opinion with which not everyone will agree, but in starting this thread he also exhibited a desire to open the subject for discussion. I am sure Richard wants to talk about kilts as much as the rest of us, and is keen to learn why people from nations other than his own choose to wear kilts, that is probably why he has chosen to be here.

**gary meakin** · 18th July 12, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Yes indeed and that includes talking about why we wear the kilt and how we feel about it.
In starting this thread Richard expressed his own opinion with which not everyone will agree, but in starting this thread he also exhibited a desire to open the subject for discussion. I am sure Richard wants to talk about kilts as much as the rest of us, and is keen to learn why people from nations other than his own choose to wear kilts, that is probably why he has chosen to be here.

You might be right. I guess I just don't think someone is interested in some good opinion exchange when they start with "I'm amazed at you people."

**Cowher** · 18th July 12, 05:48 PM

Sorry for coming in late on this discussion. I was over at the pants forum posting about how women are falling all over me because of my new pants.

In regards to the conversation going on here i have to give a full hearted YES.

**tundramanq** · 18th July 12, 05:51 PM

The renewed interest in Scotlands National dress is the best thing that ever happened to it. If it isn't used it will wander into histories dust bin. Todays traditional kilt is a huge improvement over the kilts of one and more centuries ago - only because it was a living active piece of apparel. Many new designs have and will come out - some will be the Highland attire while others won't. The best will survive, the rest will die out. Without the Prohibition and it's repeal it probably would have died off as a living garment. LOL Tell a Scot he can't and he will make it the national dress!

**opositive** · 18th July 12, 03:00 PM

for me, one of the good things about these threads is that i do reconsider "why," and the answer has changed over time--but not whether i like them.

having a discussion is about testing, which sometimes means putting up a flag to see how other respond to help you to decide if you really want to salute it yourself. unfortunately, the exercise does not always work as well on the internet as it does face to face.

**robthehiker** · 18th July 12, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by gary meakin

Richard,
I see a lot of people responding here and justifying why they wear the kilt and how they feel about it.
This is not necessary.
This is a kilt site.
We talk about kilts.
If you don't want to, you probably shouldn't be here.
I belong to a hiker's site as well.
Please don't go over there and start asking why people are getting so excited about taking a walk.

This.

And hiking.