Mini-kilt suitability

[Woodsheal]

Just say NO...!

[Bwana55419]

While I wouldn't wear one, I don't see an issue with it.

I don't know what makes it any less of a viable option than any other non-traditional kilt. It makes no sense to me that a UtiliKilt is a manly garment, but a traditional kilt that hits mid-thigh is considered less than masculine.

We are for all intense and proposes just a bunch of men in skirts, I would like to think that while we may not care for a certain style we would not resort to calling in non-masculine.

[MacWage]

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.

Sorry, meant thigh. fixed now

[Ozman1944]

Maybe to wear around the house, but I think sitting in a public place without flashing the world might be difficult, but of course it depends on how "mini" the mini is? Undies would probably be a must. Are we talking a 22 inch drop or an 18 inch drop? Can't really evaluate until I try it or see it on someone else.

[cwr89]

in desperate attempt to mock me, a friend showed up on st. patty's day at this irish pub/restarunt I sometimes go to (its more of a family restaurnt setting), now he walked into 3 others kilted including myself. he was clad in a ren fest looking shirt, bright blue socks stretched to his knees, tennis shoes, and a peice of tartan (looked remarkably like the Xmarks tartan) cloth no more the 15inches wide wrapped around him at his waist and then help up with a piece of rope.

that was terrible. but, the poor girl at the desk wouldn't let him into the restaurnt in his poor choise of clothing. haha!

the best part of it was, he drove home, and put some real clothing on and had to come back. and the other kilted guys much older, man they gave him hell for it!

long story short, after I saw that, I don't want anything to do with it again, (unless it involves young attractive women, but thats another story )
~Casey

[johnnym]

Personally, I would not buy or wear a "mini". If my significant other decides to wear a shorter length, I'll let her decide on how long. On some women they are very attractive, on others they look like the mule's breakfast.

[Graywolf]

A mini-kilt is simply that a mini kilt. It is not a kilt by definition, any more than a tee shirt is truely a shirt. Men wear kilts. Only my opinion. Whatever floats your boat. I just know, my legs aren't great, so a mini kilt would only show off more of a not great feature - no wise cracks.

[Archangel]

I'll confess that I've been in discussions with Robert at R-kilt over the beautiful soft, black, leather mini-kilt he has for sale.

Daughter's birthday.


Braveheart and Rob Roy would have been quite different movies. Oh, well.

[elitekiltedcommando]

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.

What do you have against eating styrofoam?

As for buying a mini-kilt... Only for a female acquaintance that would actually wear it. Otherwise, no. I like my kilt at the knee, thank you very much.

[staticsan]

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

I think that's an important point. I've had occasions to wear skirted garments of different lengths, and sometimes a kilt at it's proper length is too long and sometimes it's too short. But fiddle with the length too much and it's just not a "kilt" anymore.

Then, too, being mostly guys here has an impact on your answer because guys don't usually look at other guys in a kilt for the same reason a girl will look at a guy in a kilt. Why do us guys like mini-kilts on a girl? Well, for much the same reason my female friends were asking for a mini-kilt on me! (Maybe my legs don't look all that bad, after all...)

Wade.