Any suggestions for wearing a kilt in public for the first time?

[KiltedMan]

Just do it. I'll be kilted at the Manayunk Arts Festival today. There won't be more than two or three thousand people noticing my kilt...lol. I'll check back with how many "nice kilt" I get.

I'll be curious to hear back on your experience! Only two or three thousand people?

[KiltedMan]

My first kilting in public was a grocery store. There were maybe 100 people there. Looks but no comments from that outing.
The next outing was a home football game. I probably had 20,000 people pass by. There were too many nods, smiles and a few "nice kilt" comments. I continued to wear my kilts pre-game for two years.

You never know how others will respond until you get out there.

I'm going to wash my car this afternoon (a public car wash) and then go buy a shirt for an event I'm going to tonight - that'll be the real test for me.

[KiltedMan]

Getting started takes balls. Just don't show them to anybody.

Well, at the moment, I'm contemplating whether I should go commando or not . . . never gone commando before, even with pants.

[Father Bill]

Well, at the moment, I'm contemplating whether I should go commando or not . . . never gone commando before, even with pants.

Umm, don't. Especially until you're very experienced wearing a kilt. Besides which, they chafe on your personals (yes, I know, there are various products for that but you've got to be kidding - I'm not putting that there) Add to that, the personal... uhh, deposits tend to attract moths when you store the kilt.

The idea of going "regimental" is part of the mystique, but it's not as real or normal in regular civilian wear as we kilties would like folks to think, even though a lot of misguided fellows think they're doing it "right". Wear a dark breachclout; just never admit to it. We have to keep the mystique going somehow. The real kiltwearers aren't as much a part of this overenthusiastic nonsense.

(And now I'll be shot from forty sides from people who honestly think they know what they're talking about.)

[KiltedMan]

Umm, don't. Especially until you're very experienced wearing a kilt. Besides which, they chafe on your personals (yes, I know, there are various products for that but you've got to be kidding - I'm not putting that there) Add to that, the personal... uhh, deposits tend to attract moths when you store the kilt.

The idea of going "regimental" is part of the mystique, but it's not as real or normal in regular civilian wear as we kilties would like folks to think, even though a lot of misguided fellows think they're doing it "right". Wear a dark breachclout; just never admit to it. We have to keep the mystique going somehow. The real kiltwearers aren't as much a part of this overenthusiastic nonsense.

(And now I'll be shot from forty sides from people who honestly think they know what they're talking about.)

Your comment about "deposits" cured me! I had no idea how many guys go commando (if that is the norm) or not-commando. Hope you don't get shot!

[Father Bill]

Your comment about "deposits" cured me! I had no idea how many guys go commando (if that is the norm) or not-commando. Hope you don't get shot!

Most of the guys who do, do so because they've been sucked in by the mythology. Some of the guys who do, do so because they wish to do so, and a few for various medical reasons. Having said that, it takes a lot of skill to sit properly with a kilt with or without gotchees, so "with" removes one other possibility. The current recommendation from Scotland is generally "with" and certainly hire companies require it. Would you want to hire a kilt that the previous user had worn without?

[KiltedMan]

Would you want to hire a kilt that the previous user had worn without?

Yeech! No!!! I wouldn't think of doing it with my band kilt (which belongs to the band). As far as my utility kilts, I wasn't sure.

[ratspike]

Yeech! No!!! I wouldn't think of doing it with my band kilt (which belongs to the band). As far as my utility kilts, I wasn't sure.

Like with many other things in life, try not to overthink it. Sometimes I wear undies with my kilts, sometimes not. Father Bill is right on the money about not flying free and loose until you've gotten used to wearing a kilt though. It's mighty easy to show off something you didn't mean to if you're not careful.

[Tarheel]

As you will learn here, "undies" clean better and faster than a kilt. There are other tidbits that you will pick up along the way, like beware the company you keep when climbing ladders while kilted.

[uncle remus]

I wear black boxer briefs when I wear my kilt. they hug the legs and are not too noticeable. everything stays in place and if my kilt does a marilyn monroe then everything is covered. plus I don't have the chaffing problem some seem to have.