Are UGs An Endangered Species?

[O'Searcaigh]

P.S. Vulnerability while wearing a skirt or dress is possibly part of the problem too. I know that I have been on dates in the past where the fellow has tried to take liberties let's say because I was wearing a skirt and with the ever increasing tendencies towards boldness that I've seen, I could understand how it might make other girls feel vulnerable too.

Alas yes I unfortunately understand (in a former life I did a lot of counseling of young women who....) and how sad. Some people don't seem to need much of a what they think of as an "invitation" to inappropriate behavior. Even a kilt worn by a man sometimes seems to make some other people think they can say or do things that would never be said or done were the man not kilted. So sad that any style of dress is threatened by the irresponsible (to say the least) behavior of others. But again, and unfortunately, understandable.

[California Highlander]

Downtown San Francisco today. Informal survey while I had a cup of coffee at a sidewalk cafe mid-morning. Financial district, mind you, so slightly more dressed up crowd. About 60-65% of females in dresses or skirts overall. Of the remaining, 20ish% were in either jeans or leggings and the other 15ish% in nice pants. Very unscientific.

Later I was up by Union Square in the shopping/tourist area and it dropped to 20% in skirts or dresses, the rest in pants, leggings, shorts, capris, etc. of those 80%, most were in some type of jeans.

I also noted that most women of my generation (45-50ish) were more likely to wear pants, while the younger generation was in skirts and dresses (shorts in the tourist areas).

I also have seen a kilted guy randomly on the street. He works at Wm Glen & Son Scottish things and Whisky shop up the street.

YMMV

[dutchy kilted]

My wife and I were in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, last night for First Friday, when all the restaurants, stores and galleries stay open late. Very nice night with temperatures in the low 80's and huge crowds. At least 30% of the women were wearing dresses or skirts - very nice! Sad to say, I was the only one in a kilt (but at least I got lots of compliments.)

[James Hood]

'Was in the big city today (Chicago) for the Tall Ships Festival.

Among the uber-gobs (read tens of thousands) of folks on and around Navy Pier, a good many ladies and girls were delightfully, casually clad in dresses and skirts of all lengths for a typical hot-humid-sunny day.

Blue jeans are so trite and stupid (especially in Chicago, which is certainly neither farm-y or ranch-y), they make this writer mildly mentally-bilious-nauseous.