I've had the question a few times, "why're you wearing a skirt?" and I love it! Kids are so honest. Mostly it's in supermarkets and the like and the parents are like "move along...nothing to see here". My response is generally " It's a Kilt! Men have been wearing them for hundreds of years". Usually they stop for a think and seem to go " cool, I can dig it", or the eight year old equivalent.
It's always the parents that are busting to get to lane three and check out the dog food.
Kids seem pretty hip to the whole deal if you explain what it all about.
E.
I was asked by a curly haired tot 'whats inside?' and it took a minute to sort out that she wanted to know.
'Does it keep going round?' she enquired in exasperation at my slowness.
I eventually twigged that, having noticed that my kilt wrapped over, she wanted to know how much fabric was underneath, so I showed her the inner corner of the under apron and the apron pleats, which she solomnly inspected, and nodded at.
I did wonder why she was so interested, until her mum came over wearing a sari.
Now we might draw in breath at the cost of a hand made in Scotland kilt, but a good sari costs about the same, and a really good one is about the same price as a second hand car. The very best full outfit with sari, under skirt, blouse and jewelry would require a second mortgage.
The length of fabric is about the same, but the full width of the material is used for a sari so there is twice the amount of material, and if it is good silk with a patterned border and lots of work on the end which shows, it costs a lot.
The tot had no interest in 'the question' - she had simply wanted to know about what I was wearing and how it was put on.
Originally Posted by switchblade5984
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