Why wear a kilt?

**Jaggy thistle** · 27th May 13, 12:20 PM

The kilt is the most comfortable garment a man can wear , they look good , they are different, you get good comments

**thecompaqguy** · 27th May 13, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by t_challa

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here are a couple pics of me in my first kilt. I'll post some new ones when my new kilt arrives

Great choice, the Heritage of Scotland

My first was the Hamilton Grey like in my pic - I've gone on to get a denim one as well - the kilt bug is addictive, be warned :mrgreen:

**John_Carrick** · 27th May 13, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

The kilt bug is addictive, be warned :mrgreen:

I got by with one from 1986-2007 but since acquired 9 more and itching for number 11.

**t_challa** · 27th May 13, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

- the kilt bug is addictive, be warned :mrgreen:

Already got the bug.

8 days after I got that kilt I have already ordered my next one (should be arriving tomorrow). Got my eyes on two others, as well as saving money to invest in a handmade woollen one!

**thecompaqguy** · 27th May 13, 02:34 PM

Theres no known cure to the virus :mrgreen: I've overspent like Newham Council :mrgreen: You will keep telling yourself "this is the last one, I swear"

**Fortiter Et Recte** · 27th May 13, 02:42 PM

I bought my first kilt a few months ago for my wedding this summer. My ancestors came to America from Scotland and Ireland so I wear my family tartan to honor them. i think i will only wear it for special occasions because not too many folks wear them here in TEXAS!!!

**kiltedrennie** · 27th May 13, 02:56 PM

I've wanted to wear one since I first saw a piper 35 years ago.

Made a Renaissance Faire great kilt costume last summer, and purchased an inexpensive PV last winter. Now I'm hooked and saving up for a proper tank! I also sew a bit, so I've purchased the Art of Kilt Making. I'll attempt to make a kilt over the winter.

I used to think jeans were the most comfortable clothing possible. Not even close to a kilt.

**adempsey10** · 27th May 13, 04:22 PM

I wear a kilt because I find it comfortable and I dig the look. Even though it is technically a skirt, I feel manly wearing a kilt. I also get to show off my cycling legs, haha.

And sometimes you just have to do something that seems unexpected and out-of-the-ordinary just to say you did it. The drunken conversations that I have had at the bar with a wide range of people because of my kilt, which I probably would never otherwise had any reason to talk to, makes it worth it.

It makes life that much more interesting.

**crash** · 27th May 13, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by adempsey10

I wear a kilt because I find it comfortable and I dig the look. Even though it is technically a skirt, I feel manly wearing a kilt. I also get to show off my cycling legs, haha.

And sometimes you just have to do something that seems unexpected and out-of-the-ordinary just to say you did it. The drunken conversations that I have had at the bar with a wide range of people because of my kilt, which I probably would never otherwise had any reason to talk to, makes it worth it.

It makes life that much more interesting.

Ditto for the cycling legs but now I have to explain that you don't have to shave your legs for kilts.

**Nathan** · 27th May 13, 06:06 PM

I wear a kilt as a symbol of my Highland/Cape Breton heritage generally and my clan specifically. However, I have seen black guys in kilts my whole life though admittedly it was usually part of either a pipe band or military uniform. One of the best pipers I know is a black guy from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

I also remember the whole Scottish delegation (including two black guys) wore kilts at the World University Debating Championships back when I competed at the same.

It's not common, but then again, I wore high top kicks, saggy jeans, a hoodie and a backwards full back baseball cap to hip hop cyphers in my teens so I can't really call anyone out for biting my cultural styles. ;)

Due to low cost synthetics coming out of Pakistan, people have more access to kilts then ever before. It would have been a $500-$800 prospect for a kilt a few years ago and that's before the $150 - $250 sporran the $80 hose etc... So for the most part, only people with a real desire to represent their Scottishness forked out that kind of money to go kilted.

Nowadays, most anyone who can afford designer jeans can afford a kilt of some quality so we're going to see a lot more people take the plunge into the free waters of kilt wearing. What that does to the tradition is an open question, but change is certainly afoot.