Dressed up a bit for my first outing

[Panache]

Excellent outfit and first outing!

Well done

Cheers

[Riverkilt]

Talk about becoming a baptized kilter! You dove into the middle of the lake and swam very well.

Kilts are an automatic conversation starter for seriously interested strangers. And, its interesting to compare cultures - particularly how unbifurcated garments for men seemed to naturally emerge in the olden days of yore.

And, so weird to get the stupid comments in Flagstaff, a well kilted city...guess there are always 2% who don't get the word.

Didn't know about the gig or might have driven down too. Were the Hopi's there in their "kilts?"

And hey, don't forget a Utilikilt for working in the garden.....

Ron

[Eujeankilt]

Nice kilt! That may be one of the most popular kilts on X Mark.

It sure is a pleasure to engage with someone who is truly curious, willing to follow their curiosity rather than their preconceptions. Botgh of you were enriched. Well done.


Dale

[GMan]

So very comfortable and natural in that look.

[mkmound]

Good job!! Sounds like everything went well -- you had the initial comments, but it sounds your extendeded cross-cultural conversation much more than made up for that. Also, your kilt (and outfit) looks great!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Great job. Talk about a good day, first kilted outing and excellent conversation with somebody while kilted. Congratulations!

And I agree that the USAK Ireland's National seems to be some kind of de facto favorite kilt for many XMarkers.

[JimB]

Looking good! Sounds like you had a great day!

I know that the USAK Ireland's National is on my Christmas wish list!
(I left a printed out copy of the web page with my measurements on it on her nightstand )

[Big Dave]

Looking sharp.

[David Dalglish]

Nice pictures-Very interesting post

[Ialtog]

Didn't know about the gig or might have driven down too. Were the Hopi's there in their "kilts?"

This International Fair is sponsored by the university and focuses more on student groups and associations. Our Celtic society, while not part of the campus scene really, has helped put it on for the past several years. While we have a large percentage of Native American students here, there was not an organized presence by either the Navajo or Hopi. There was a sort of "pan-Indian" group that did some more generalized pow-wow circuit dancing and music.

It is interesting that you ask the question Ron. I had a lady come up to me who, first off wanted to compliment me on my kilt and secondly ask a question that sort of stumped me for a second. "I'm walking around the booths and I notice a lot of cultures have men's clothing that are dress-like. Why is that? Who came up with the idea that men had to wear pants anyway?"

Well, she was right. There were men from various African, Asian, and Middle Eastern cultures all wearing unbifurcated clothing. Now, I am not satisfied with an answer if it isn't at least six paragraphs long (you can ask my partner - she is always asking for the "short version") so I felt a bit of a let down that all I could say is:

"All I can say is they are damn comfortable. I wish I knew who it was that made us get into pants in the first place."

She liked the answer.