A New Response

[GMan]

Greetings all,

I must preface this post with some things that most of you already know. I try not to live a complicated life. No cell phone, little or no TV (videos are fine how else can you see Monarch of the Glen?), trying to not get too much stuff. Trying to justify new purchases (digital camera), whether to get the a new car, etc.

After saying all this I must tell you about this sweet 93 year old lady I know who does not live to far from me, this morning asked me why I like being kilted all the time. I knew she was going to go somewhere with this question, but not real sure where. All I could think of is because it is comfortable, and I like comfot. She did like the answer, but said that because I am a simple guy I would only wear simple garments, so I see her point, the kilt is a very simple garment to wear. Easy in, easy out,.... simple

We kilted gents have it figured out, it is that simple

[Graham]

Glen I have never consciously thought of a kilt as a simple garment, but you are right and right also about a kilts' simplicity being an attractive feature.

A velcro-fastened kilt is the simplest, snap it on, snap it off in a jiffy!

I wonder if the kiltmakers also consider it simple?

[Freelander Sporrano]

They certainly don't look that easy to make (Not a trad anyway)

They are however very easy to wear.My kilt makes me feel in tune with somthing traditional and well...Different I never really stop to think about the simplicty of it all.

She had a good point Glen.

[Raphael]

It will definately be a simple life, if we just be kilted most of the time. We don't have to worry about what is fashionable and still ave respect from the corner street punks.

And yes, I have told by many street punks that I have a nice kilt.

[bikercelt1]

It may be a simple garment to wear, and being commited to a specific tartan makes a persons color options simpler for the rest of the wardrobe, but for me it's still the raw masculinity of the kilt. Even when someone wants to try to call it a "skirt" it takes a healthy masculine ego to stand tall and stare them down or ignore them outright. Now that I think on it, maybe the functional simplicity adds to that masculinity. Masculine things like tools and vehicles are frequently simple, solid, and functional.

Jamie

[macwilkin]

To further bikercelt's last post, the very history of the kilt is military. The kilt is a warrior's garment, since the first Highland Regiments gave us many of the traditions of the modern day kilt and its kit -- "The Ladies from Hell". By wearing and prizing it, we share a wee bit with the spirits of all those warriors in the past who have worn it into combat.

The kilt is a totem and talisman second to none when it comes to sure pluck and bravery.

Cheers,

T.

[Blu (Ontario)]

.... The kilt is a totem and talisman second to none when it comes to sure pluck and bravery..... T.

Wow!.... Eloquently said and so true! I will remember this quote. Thank you for saying what I've always known.

blu

[macwilkin]

Blu,

I can't take credit for all of it, more's the pity. The "totem and talisman" remark comes from the Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who was quoted in the documentary "Instrument of War", about pipers and the military tradition.

Beg, borrow, buy (but not steal) a copy of this 2-volume series! It is well worth the price, including interviews with surviving WWI pipers (now all gone, sadly)!

Cheers,

T.