The kilt conundrum ...

[Bugbear]

Oh I know what you mean Ted. "Do I have to have a family connection to this denim?" "Did you see that guy over there with his pleats on the BACK of his pants?"

Now a days, Rob...

Yes.

I do recall wearing the wrong color jeans and the wrong fit would get you in deep trouble. Shoes are probably the worst... And back in college, many students were wearing their pants backwards. It would probably have been safer to wear a kilt when I was growing up. Oh the pain of wearing the wrong clothes to school!

So, with myself, agree I.

[robthehiker]

Now a days, Rob...

Yes.

I do recall wearing the wrong color jeans and the wrong fit would get you in deep trouble. Shoes are probably the worst... And back in college, many students were wearing their pants backwards. It would probably have been safer to wear a kilt when I was growing up. Oh the pain of wearing the wrong clothes to school!

So, with myself, agree I.

Actually you are right. I just betrayed my age by forgetting those things! Plus, I went to a Catholic high school where we had to wear grey flannels and blue blazers. It was a little tough to look out of place there (I often wore jeans and no blazer and took the detention. Apparently I held the boys record for # of detentions in a year. My sister had the girls record.)

[Bugbear]

Strangely, Rob, for a few years I wore suits or at least sport jackets to school when everyone else was wearing jeans/t-shirts with holes cut in them. Also, I started working as a musician when I was fifteen or so, and I sometimes wore what would probably be considered black tie ore sometimes a white dinner jacket. That was my way of being different. Kind of wish I had started wearing a kilt then.

Ehh, I didn't have many friends during that time, though...

[McMurdo]

I would have to say that wearing the kilt even in Scotland takes a good bit of courage, certainly it will be better accepted there, however it is not the norm. I have been kilted full time for over a year and a half, in that time I've found that the negative comments have dropped off, and I think the reason for that is my own comfort level in a kilt has changed, it is now simply what I wear. It does get easier with the doing of it, of course from time to time you will still have to deal with those that will never understand your reasons for dressing as you wish.

I am sure that you will be able to handle these things when they present themselves, I am also sure that given time you will find as I have that the comments drop off. One other thing that helps, try to ensure that the outfits you wear look good people will not question you as much if you look presentable.

[Jack Daw]

Anytime you operate outside of the common paradigm, you will get negative comments for upsetting the norm. If you were to ask the critics what their problem with the kilt is, they won't have an immediate response.