Kilting in Low Season

**cessna152towser** · 9th November 06, 06:59 AM

OK, kilts are for wearing all year round, but in winter there are no events such as Highland Games etc. where kilts are seen in the same abundance as in summer. Our aviation museum is now closed till Easter so instead of going kilted to meet the public at weekends any winter work will be old trousers stuff such as cleaning and painting exhibits. I'm a member of the management board of our local housing association which provides low cost rented housing so will be getting kilted up later this afternoon to go to a board meeting; after that my next kilt day won't likely be till Court next Tuesday. At this time of year my seven pairs of trousers begin to get more use than my nine kilts. Do others find this also or do many of you now go full time kilted all year round?

**Bob C** · 9th November 06, 07:39 AM

There tartan balls, St. Andrew's dinner, Burns Nights...

**McClef** · 9th November 06, 07:45 AM

I try not to let the season of the year determine whether or not I wear a kilt and usually wear one even when on my own at home.

Other considerations may of course affect it. I have just purchased my first motorcycle after a 10 year absence from riding and whereas my leather union kilt might well work in warmer weather this time of year might just be a case of discretion being the better part of valour

I won't be riding it much over the colder months though and being kilted when using the car is not a problem!

I'm riding it up to a friend's in mid Wales tomorrow but will be taking at least one kilt with me to change into when I get there.

**DarkMatter** · 9th November 06, 08:05 AM

I know this is late but, As far as year round, No problem. I got a set of kilts I use to do my yard work and such around the house. When I'm just hanging around I usually wear my inexpensive Stillwaters and for actually doing outdoor work, not at work, I will wear my Amerikilts or a Utililikt these are made of cotton and tend to be a bit tougher to harm. If its cold and I'm going to work I will wear either my Stillwaters or my family tartans. I work at a desk so weather is not a problem. But I personally don't stop wearing them due to weather. Hell if I put on a pair of pants now folks would think me a loon.

**Tartan Hiker** · 9th November 06, 08:42 AM

Dark Matter,

Welcome to the board from over in Asheville, NC.

This was discussed in another thread recently. If you keep your head, feet, and torso warm, the rest will take care of itself. I've gone out kilted in sub-freezing weather lately with no real discomfort. If it's windy, then that's a bit of a different story.

Bill

**Big Dave** · 9th November 06, 09:16 AM

It's funny, I find myself wearing my kilts more in the fall and winter seasons, then in the spring/summer. In the springtime around here it's way too windy

and in the summer I end up wearing swim shorts most of the time (I have a small pool in the back yard and that's where I spend most of my time). As for in the fall/winter season, my favorite time of year, I find myself to be more comfortable in the cold and the rain

, I'm odd that way.

**turpin** · 9th November 06, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

being kilted when using the car is not a problem!

Except if you have leather seats - That first rush of bare skin on cold leather is a real wake-up!

**Raphael** · 9th November 06, 09:57 AM

The mild winter of Vancouver does not stop me from getting into my kilts. The cold and the rain doesn't bother me at all.

**auld argonian** · 9th November 06, 10:13 AM

I don't wear the kilt every day...lots of reasons for that...but I do tend to wear it more often in the winter and particularly in cold weather in which context it is sort of a show-off thing for me. "Hey...look at this...yeah, I'm wearing a KILT and it's FREEZING out because I am SO much tougher than you trouser-wearing chicken-$#!+$ ...so don't dare make fun of the kilt!"

But I don't often wear it when I have any kind of heavy or active work to do and that's mainly because I don't want to mess any of them up. Now I have several and they're starting to fall into categories - this is the dressier one, this one I'll wear to the bar because if I spill beer on it I can wash it, this one I could wear doing yard work...etc. So I'll probably be wearing one while I shovel snow this year...again, it sends a message to the un-kilted.

Best

AA

**Jerry** · 9th November 06, 11:03 AM

I do not wear kilts everywhere I go, but I do wear either mt Sportkilt or a Stillwater economy just about all of the time at home. As for wearing out, I wear mine sometimes if we go out to eat, or once in a while to a movie. That is just about the same for winter as it is for any other season.