Mini-kilt suitability

[Martin S]

SHOULD a guy wear a mini-kilt?
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!

don't overreact, please.


I too would have answered, no, I would not buy a mini-kilt.
But, having acquired one inadvertently and, thanks to its quality, tried wearing it, I have found out that it is rather nice not to have any cloth rubbing round the back of the knees.

I'm tempted to say: Give it a try before letting your prejudices speak for you.

I have a friend who has been wearing very short white socks with his kilts (regular tartan full-length). I think this looks awful, but who am I to tell him what is right or wrong? Just because I have prejiudaices about white socks looking girly, does not mean everyone thinks the way I do.

Martin

[MacWage]

I personally LOVE mini-kilts!
I just wouldn't wear one.

On a LASS, well THAT's a WHOLE different story (and something I think isn't done enough).

By mini-kilt, I think that means mid-thigh and shorter.

[Woodsheal]

OK, I'm picturing our usual gang at our monthly kilt nights. We range in age (roughly) from 19 to 90, most being beyond the 40 mark. The mental image of any one of us (the guys, I mean) in a "mini-kilt" is making me cringe in horror...!

[Ugly Bear]

Since we're talking about men's clothes, there has to be some sort of practicality at work here -- practicality drives what we wear.

In the case of a mini-kilt, the practical consideration is, how do you sit in it while keeping your privates covered? With a kilt, it's not a problem: just have a seat, and the weight of the fabric takes care of exposure issues. With a mini-kilt (well, mini-skirt; let's call a spade a spade), the "practicality" becomes strained. You'd have to keep knees together, or crossed, and keep paying attention to how the skirt is staying in place -- in short, you'd have to do everything that is called "sitting like a lady." Even if it weren't called that, the impracticality issues are overwhelming.

Then there are other practical, day-to-day things men are expected to do -- run, change a flat tire, etc. -- without self-exposure. There are too many things that are impractical in a mini-skirt.

The "Correct Length" for a kilt is one that allows for a full range of motion while keeping the wearer modest. The "Correct Length" was not arbitrarily set by Scottish Fashion Gurus; it was arrived at purposefully.

There are males who would buy and wear a mini-skirt. I'm pretty there aren't many at this forum.

[Perldog007]

_NAE_

Fine if that's your thing. Don't honestly believe it has a place here.

[Wompet]

By mini-kilt, I think that means mid-calf and shorter.

The calf is the back of the leg below the knee ... perhaps you meant mid-thigh? If we start wearing our kilts below mid-calf, we'll be called liars and braggarts.

Buy one for myself? No.
Wear one myself? No.
Make one for someone? Only if I know her well enough to take her measurements.

[Alan H]

When I make kilts for myself I make them 25 inches long. When that kilts' wasitband rides right around my navel, the selvedge is about mid-knee. 24 inches is OK, as well, just a little bit higher.

At the Ben Lomond Games last year I bought a Scottish National "cheapo" kilt, just because the price was right and I've always loved the Scottish National tartan. This kilt is 22.5 inches long. When I wear it at navel level, the selvedge is about an inch and a half above my knee. That's short. It's not miniskirt short, it' s not crawling up my thigh (thank God) but it's shorter than I normally like it..

I used to be a little bit paranoid about it, now I don't worry about it. That kilt has turned into my "Games" kilt, 'cause I don't mind beating it up and getting it sweaty and dirty.

[Dirk Skene]

They're great lookin on the female of the species On a guy they become a skirt

[Ugly Bear]

I'm tempted to say: Give it a try before letting your prejudices speak for you.

So I have to try it before I can dis it?

I hate to sound callous here, but "wearing a mini-skirt" is the sort of thing I can put into the same category as "eating styrofoam" or "riding a unicycle" -- they're all stuff that I'm so reasonably sure aren't going to work for me that I can happily dismiss them without the "benefit" of experiencing them.

It's judgement, not prejudice.

[David Dalglish]

I think that mini kilts would look ridiculous on a man of my age (62), so to answer your question I would not wear a mini kilt at any time