MTV News

[starbkjrus]

Very kewl. Congratulations!

[GTRMAN]

Be afraid... Be very afraid.. I'm all for Kilts catching on. I'd love to see it.

However, MTV usually causes things to become insanely popular at an insanely fast pace thus causing a backlash.. Not only that, but those of us who are outside our teens and early 20's will likely be seen as copycats and dirty old men who are following trends to pick up little girlies......

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

That's great Rocky! Did they mention how they found out about you? Was it a friend of yours that let them in on the secret? Or maybe it was those Madonna kilts!

[GMan]

A great positive the world will know the greatness of Kilts!!!

[RockyR]

I'm not TOO worried about this causing a big stir... It's only on MTV.com/news, NOT on the TV.

She googled the term "Kilts" and we were one of the top 3 names on the list (that in ITSELF is pretty darn cool). She didn't know about the Madonna thing until I told her... she thought that was pretty cool. Have a feeling that'll make it into the story.

She had called Steven at UK, but he didn't return her call, so she interviewed "UK Booth Workers" at a festival. I told her about Steve at FK and Robert at Rkilts. She might call them as well.

She's looking to cover kilts from the "widely accepted" and "rebirth" kind of angle... not so much the clan affiliation angle.

[pbpersson]

She's looking to cover kilts from the "widely accepted" and "rebirth" kind of angle... not so much the clan affiliation angle.

You mean something like "men's kilts are being widely accepted across the country and experiencing a rebirth as the most comfortable form of casual clothing for men"?

That sounds like a good thing....I think we can use that sort of publicity.

Even if it was on the television I think it would be difficult to cause a sudden mass conversion of the population to kilts. The cultural change is too dramatic.

However, any such news articles can only serve to speed the acceptance of kilts. Most of the laughter when I'm at the mall I think comes from teenagers.

[RockyR]

It will probably be something like:

"men's kilts are being widely accepted across the country and experiencing a rebirth as the most comfortable form of casual clothing for men and teens"?

[Rex_Tremende]

However, any such news articles can only serve to speed the acceptance of kilts. Most of the laughter when I'm at the mall I think comes from teenagers.

One of my early kilted experiences was also at the mall. A teenaged girl sashayed up to me out of her group of cohorts, which included several young men, to say into my ear, “I like your look.” Since then, I've had many young people compliment me. Whenever I sense I'm around pimply-faced snickerers, I say to myself: I'm older than you, I make more money than you, I can do whatever I dern-well please.

By and large, though, I have a great deal of confidence in the future generations. MTV helps in its oblique sort of way.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati.

[Ugly Bear]

MTV usually causes things to become insanely popular at an insanely fast pace thus causing a backlash.

Interesting. What things did MTV cause to become popular, and thus caused backlashes? Aside from musical groups, that is.

[RockyR]

[quote/cajunscot]That's too bad, in my opinion. My students generally accept the kilt because I discuss my Scottish heritage and the concept of the "clan tartan". [/quote]

While I (as a tartan kilt maker) would LOVE for the kilt to be most widely known for it's clan affiliations and Scottish Heritage, if you want the kilt to be "widely accepted", then it has to go BEYOND that. It has to appeal to people OTHER than just those of us with celtic blood.