The famous "why do you wear a kilt? You are not Scottish"

[t_challa]

I have recently started wearing kilts in London. Like Jeanfor, I wear mine purely for comfort and because I look AWESOME in it. As a black guy, I definitely have no Scottish/Celtic heritage (unless you count a couple of ancestors who worked in Scotland as slaves in the early 1800s).

The two most common questions I get asked are "Are you Scottish" and "Why are you wearing a kilt" (to which I answer "why NOT wear a kilt?"). I have a friend who is half Scottish and she wasn't impressed when she saw the pics of me on a night out DJing when i first wore the kilt. Fortunately she has been the only naysayer. I was wearing it yesterday down by Waterloo and did overhear a few comments along the lines of "he's probably Scottish", but on the whole, most people haven't noticed, and if they do, they don't seem to care (you can wear pretty much anything you want in London).

Funniest thing that has happened was yesterday too; I was walking down the street when I heard the sound of running behind me. Didn't think anything of it until I heard a voice say "Excuse me, kilt guy". it was a woman in her 50s who wanted to take a picture of me to show her boyfriend who apparently was convinced that there were no non-Scottish people who would wear a kilt, especially "down South".

I have met lots of members on here who have been nothing but complementary about my kilt wearing. If anyone in real life comments that you're just wearing one for attention it just means that they're jealous at not having the confidence and style to wear one

[Geniepants]

I have a buddy who's more in touch with his 1/4 Scottish heritage than he is his 3/4 African-American heritage, and so he wears kilts at ren faires, SCA events, and such.

[thecompaqguy]

I have recently started wearing kilts in London. Like Jeanfor, I wear mine purely for comfort and because I look AWESOME in it. As a black guy, I definitely have no Scottish/Celtic heritage (unless you count a couple of ancestors who worked in Scotland as slaves in the early 1800s).

The two most common questions I get asked are "Are you Scottish" and "Why are you wearing a kilt" (to which I answer "why NOT wear a kilt?"). I have a friend who is half Scottish and she wasn't impressed when she saw the pics of me on a night out DJing when i first wore the kilt. Fortunately she has been the only naysayer. I was wearing it yesterday down by Waterloo and did overhear a few comments along the lines of "he's probably Scottish", but on the whole, most people haven't noticed, and if they do, they don't seem to care (you can wear pretty much anything you want in London).

Funniest thing that has happened was yesterday too; I was walking down the street when I heard the sound of running behind me. Didn't think anything of it until I heard a voice say "Excuse me, kilt guy". it was a woman in her 50s who wanted to take a picture of me to show her boyfriend who apparently was convinced that there were no non-Scottish people who would wear a kilt, especially "down South".

I have met lots of members on here who have been nothing but complementary about my kilt wearing. If anyone in real life comments that you're just wearing one for attention it just means that they're jealous at not having the confidence and style to wear one

My surname is Ferguson (but most West Indians have Scottish surnames), if you look at the Jamaican flag it's the Saltire in tropical colours. We all have some sort of connection to Scotland - my friend from Montserrat says the kilt is his National dress. Its nice to wear something different than the crowd

[Stan]

I like your attitude, and let me pitch in here.

While my my last name is of Scottish origin (Lackey), and my ancestors came to the America in the 1700's, I'm suspect that in these last 200+ years that while my sir name is Scottish I may be not that much "Scottish".

For myself I've taken a DNA test to just see how close to my Scott's ( and clan Gregor) roots my DNA really is.

And why is this relevant? Well, if it were to come back that I don't have one drop of Scottish blood in my veins, I can tell you this "I'm still wearing the kilt".

Why? Because I admire the determination, and pioneer spirit of the Scott's, and if it were to turn out that I'm not one of them, than I should have been...LOL....LOL...


Rock on my friend, and keep spinning.....

[thecompaqguy]

I like your attitude, and let me pitch in here.

While my my last name is of Scottish origin (Lackey), and my ancestors came to the America in the 1700's, I'm suspect that in these last 200+ years that while my sir name is Scottish I may be not that much "Scottish".

For myself I've taken a DNA test to just see how close to my Scott's ( and clan Gregor) roots my DNA really is.

And why is this relevant? Well, if it were to come back that I don't have one drop of Scottish blood in my veins, I can tell you this "I'm still wearing the kilt".

Why? Because I admire the determination, and pioneer spirit of the Scott's, and if it were to turn out that I'm not one of them, than I should have been...LOL....LOL...


Rock on my friend, and keep spinning.....

TBH you don't need excuses to wear a kilt - I was being facetious with that example I just say "I felt like it", or "it's a gift from a Scottish friend" (Gold Brothers) :mrgreen: