Traditional female wear????

[Grizzly]

If you want to wear a kilt then please do so. It is up to you what you wear but let no one tell you that you can't.

[Phil]

There is a great deal of gender stereotyping on this site. I have been abused for advocating traditional highland wear such as buckle brogues (nancy boys' mary jane shoes) , jabots (only worn by cross-dressers), kilts (just an excuse for gays to dress up in women's clothing) so it is no surprise that a subject such as this comes up. Is there really such entrenched gender stereotyping at work in North America? (The source of this question). Are the inhabitants really so uncomfortable seeing people wearing unconventional clothing? I am sorry but it seems to me, from a Scottish perspective, that these people really need to get a realistic grasp on things. Otherwise they need a course of counselling to overcome these prejudices which they have acquired, from wherever, that force them into a particular pigeon-hole where what they are only allowed to wear is concerned.
By the way I am a 'red-blooded' male (is that permissible?) with a wife and children and have no agenda on the 'cross-dressing', 'gay', or any other such persuasion but am non-plussed to find the hostility that such, seemingly normal over here, forms of dress receive an extreme reaction over there. If you don't really want to be interested in authentic Highland Dress then go somewhere else.

[Copperheid]

All I can say is, when you nail down something that is so well designed, assembled, with the finest of materials and attention to detail...It only makes sense that women would want to wear it too. Ok, that sounded a bit chauvenist, but had to!

Corinne

[Joshua]

There is a great deal of gender stereotyping on this site. I have been abused for advocating traditional highland wear such as buckle brogues (nancy boys' mary jane shoes) , jabots (only worn by cross-dressers), kilts (just an excuse for gays to dress up in women's clothing) so it is no surprise that a subject such as this comes up. Is there really such entrenched gender stereotyping at work in North America? (The source of this question). Are the inhabitants really so uncomfortable seeing people wearing unconventional clothing? I am sorry but it seems to me, from a Scottish perspective, that these people really need to get a realistic grasp on things. Otherwise they need a course of counselling to overcome these prejudices which they have acquired, from wherever, that force them into a particular pigeon-hole where what they are only allowed to wear is concerned.
By the way I am a 'red-blooded' male (is that permissible?) with a wife and children and have no agenda on the 'cross-dressing', 'gay', or any other such persuasion but am non-plussed to find the hostility that such, seemingly normal over here, forms of dress receive an extreme reaction over there. If you don't really want to be interested in authentic Highland Dress then go somewhere else.

Have we been reading the same site? I mean, there is a good deal of traditionalist views here but never the hostility that you are purporting to have experienced here at Xmarks.

Is the kilt a masculine garment? Yes.
Can women wear masculine garments? Yes.

I thought this was pretty much the viewpoint overall. We have plenty of ladies here on XMarks that wear a kilt and simply put a more feminine spin on it, by way of footwear, sporrans, tops, etc.

P.S. Here in the states, a kilted woman (in my opinion) is pretty much a non-issue. Although, to be frank, I see many more kilted minis on the lasses than full kilts at most kilt-appropriate functions.

[Domehead]

For what it's worth...

This skirt[?] was made by my Aunt Thelma (Robertson Red tartan purchased in Blairgowrie by my Grandmother) for my Aunt Helen, hand-sewn c1950. Another of the same was produced for my Aunt Margie in Prince Charles Edward tartan (noted in Gandma's diary as a "new tartan", 1 AUG, 1950).

According to my Aunt Helen, Grandma intended the girls wear them for Country Dancing, but the articles be of a length fashionable enough for American public school...not mini-skirts, but just below the knee.



I have other images of Aunt Thelma's construction.
By the by, my daughter's name is Seasaidh. Fantastic!

[TheOfficialBren]

Have we been reading the same site? I mean, there is a good deal of traditionalist views here but never the hostility that you are purporting to have experienced here at Xmarks.

Is the kilt a masculine garment? Yes.
Can women wear masculine garments? Yes.

I thought this was pretty much the viewpoint overall. We have plenty of ladies here on XMarks that wear a kilt and simply put a more feminine spin on it, by way of footwear, sporrans, tops, etc.

P.S. Here in the states, a kilted woman (in my opinion) is pretty much a non-issue. Although, to be frank, I see many more kilted minis on the lasses than full kilts at most kilt-appropriate functions.

***, Joshua

[Richrail]

My wife want an matching kilt but not a mini, I called rocky and USAkilts and had a casual kilt made like and ladies kilt.

wife and I in our matching kilts.
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and a kilted skirt and sash.
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[seasaidhlinne]

There is a great deal of gender stereotyping on this site. I have been abused for advocating traditional highland wear such as buckle brogues (nancy boys' mary jane shoes) , jabots (only worn by cross-dressers), kilts (just an excuse for gays to dress up in women's clothing) so it is no surprise that a subject such as this comes up. Is there really such entrenched gender stereotyping at work in North America? (The source of this question). Are the inhabitants really so uncomfortable seeing people wearing unconventional clothing? I am sorry but it seems to me, from a Scottish perspective, that these people really need to get a realistic grasp on things. Otherwise they need a course of counselling to overcome these prejudices which they have acquired, from wherever, that force them into a particular pigeon-hole where what they are only allowed to wear is concerned.
By the way I am a 'red-blooded' male (is that permissible?) with a wife and children and have no agenda on the 'cross-dressing', 'gay', or any other such persuasion but am non-plussed to find the hostility that such, seemingly normal over here, forms of dress receive an extreme reaction over there. If you don't really want to be interested in authentic Highland Dress then go somewhere else.

Well for one I will not be leaving anytime soon, also I find your comments offensive.

What I mean in my initial is that traditionally NO women DO not wear kilts, but I would purchasing one anyway and wearing it. With the understanding that this was not anywhere near traditional.
I also would love in edition to my own kilt in the Fraser tartan a more traditional female attire.

[Copperheid]

Come on now boys, we don't wear KILTS, we wear skirts. Just like we wear BLOUSES, not SHIRTS. Tomato, Tomayto, 'Mater, you know.

:butt: ...

Corinne

[TheOfficialBren]

Lol. This thread is fun.