how other fashionable males view about kilts

[furrycelt]

Yikes that forum is rife with ignorance! I do like what the former UtiliKilt employee said:

and when it comes right down to it most guys just don't have the balls to wear something they don't see 50 other guys wearing each day.

I think that such fora are NOT a good representation of the average person. Though there were some classic examples of typical male insecurity on display there. All the more reason for us here to go about our day kilted.

[Big Paul]

I kinda look at that forum like all the movie critics out there... If they like it, I like the opposite!!

[Kiltedfirepiper]

to quote "fight club " again...
"is that what a MAN is supposed to look like? "


great movie!!

I have never been into fashion... fashion is just a way to get you to spend lots of $$ on $^!T you dont need to look like everyone else!

I get flack for wearing my kilt @ work ( I dont wear it AT work ...but I have come in wearing it when I wasnt working) and I just tell them ..." well when you get balls enough to step up and find out what its like to be a masculine man ..let me know! I'll be happy to help you see the light!


Scott .....now that I know that I'm a RETROsexual( always have been just didnt know the "catch phrase" for it) I will say so proudly! :grin:

[AckZel]

I think the title of this thread is wrong. "how other fashionable males view about kilts".

To remind you... They ain't wearing kilts! ;)

Maybe we should print T-shirts saying "Retrosexuals wear kilts" and maybe the description to the backside if we don't want to leave people wondering...

[mddock58]

Sometimes my wife thinks I desire to shock others by wearing the kilt to different places (I am still new to wearing a kilt), but I see it as an opportunity to show them I am comfortable with who I am, and I enjoy wearing the kilt!

Maybe I jest with her a little too much, she is not against my being kilted, but it will take some more time before it is "normal" to her.

The opinions by these "fasionable" males, are most likely Gen-Xers and later that have grown up with the Fashion Industry telling them what to wear.
Most of the Baby-Boomer generation did not have the advertising influence to the same degree, we were happy to have a TV, most people today have one in almost every room.

Again, most of their comments are based on their own ignorance, or desire to be "cool", and fit in to their peers. So far I have had VERY positive feedback from teens when wearing my kilt, so we need to bring influence where we can by showing that it IS "just another piece of clothing for men".

[auld argonian]

I think that we are dealing with people whose idea of "hard news" is Entertainment Tonight.

best

AA

[minimalistix]

to quote "fight club " again...
"is that what a MAN is supposed to look like? "


great movie!!

I have never been into fashion... fashion is just a way to get you to spend lots of $$ on $^!T you dont need to look like everyone else!

I get flack for wearing my kilt @ work ( I dont wear it AT work ...but I have come in wearing it when I wasnt working) and I just tell them ..." well when you get balls enough to step up and find out what its like to be a masculine man ..let me know! I'll be happy to help you see the light!


Scott .....now that I know that I'm a RETROsexual( always have been just didnt know the "catch phrase" for it) I will say so proudly! :grin:

I'll admit I do like fashion and clothing design. (I think it appeals to my predisposition to want to modify things) However, I don't buy into the whole spending a ton of money on it. You can get classic looks, which I like, without spending a ton of cash. I'll spend a lot of cash on a nice suit, but I won't drop $60-100 on a freaking pair of blue jeans. Besides, I have enough of a hard time buying a kilt for more than $100. (But I use my obsessive compulsive nature regarding kilts as an excuse for that)