Unbelievable request

[sathor]

Or how about people dressing up as pirates: that garb was once considered clothing...and in some parts of Ann Arbor/Boulder/Berkeley it still is worn by the trust fund hippies.

Pirates are one mode of dress I have never seen in Ann Arbor. Though I admit to seeing just about everything else there. I miss Michigan sometimes, and then there is Winter...

[JS Sanders]

Over the years I've been asked several times to lend kilt(s) for theatrical productions. Only one offered recompense. The others offered a pair of gratis tickets.

My reply is a polite "No".

Really quite simple, then return to whatever you were doing.

Slainte,
steve

[CDNSushi]

I too can see both sides of this... If I were in your shoes, I'd probably e-mail them back a reply explaining a few thing...

First, the reason for most adults to dress up at Halloween is NOT to go trick-or-treating, but usually to go to a party or bar... As this is the case, the kilts you own are NOT appropriate for such a use. First, there's the risk of getting them stained, ripped, drinks or food getting spilled on them, and just too much at stake considering that your average quality kilt costs over $100.

Second, if they want to go dressed up as Scotsmen for Halloween, there are many places that can supply them with an appropriate costume -- as over-the-top as they want even. They are fairly cheap and will serve the purpose just fine.

Third, if after Halloween they ever want to try out a kilt to wear just to know what it's like, without treating it as a costume, you'd be happy to oblige and teach them how to wear it properly and proudly.

I agree with what some others have said in this forum. It doesn't make sense to get angry at them because you may end up turning them into casual kilt-wearers themselves. Forgive them their ignorance.

P.S. As an after-thought, you may want to point out to them that it would be equally inappropriate to ask a female friend to borrow her good evening gown (that she wears out to the symphony) just so you could dress up as a woman for Halloween... If you did that, she'd tear you a strip!

[auld argonian]

'ere ya go...

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...send 'em this way!

Best

AA

[Tetley]

I too can see both sides of this... If I were in your shoes, I'd probably e-mail them back a reply explaining a few thing...

First, the reason for most adults to dress up at Halloween is NOT to go trick-or-treating, but usually to go to a party or bar... As this is the case, the kilts you own are NOT appropriate for such a use. First, there's the risk of getting them stained, ripped, drinks or food getting spilled on them, and just too much at stake considering that your average quality kilt costs over $100.

Second, if they want to go dressed up as Scotsmen for Halloween, there are many places that can supply them with an appropriate costume -- as over-the-top as they want even. They are fairly cheap and will serve the purpose just fine.

Third, if after Halloween they ever want to try out a kilt to wear just to know what it's like, without treating it as a costume, you'd be happy to oblige and teach them how to wear it properly and proudly.

I agree with what some others have said in this forum. It doesn't make sense to get angry at them because you may end up turning them into casual kilt-wearers themselves. Forgive them their ignorance.

P.S. As an after-thought, you may want to point out to them that it would be equally inappropriate to ask a female friend to borrow her good evening gown (that she wears out to the symphony) just so you could dress up as a woman for Halloween... If you did that, she'd tear you a strip!

That's probably the most appropriate response, most diplomatic. I have to admit to lending out a kilt to a work colleague who was interested in seeing what wearing a kilt was like, but I'd not led one out for Halloween.

Mark