My kilt program

[Phogfan86]

"...Second, I was at the library and a woman came up to me to say, 'I never thought a man could wear a skirt and make it look so masculine.'..."

Yeah. One nice fall evening, I wore my SportKilt Hunting to a high school football game. At some point, I had to stand up to let a woman get out of the aisle. She got to me and said, "Great skirt. I love it!" The best part was, as I sat back down, dumbfounded, a woman behind me that I didn't know but who had heard the "skirt" description said, to no one in particular, "Aye, lad, our ancestors killed the English for less than that." Made me feel better.

[BroosterB1]

My kilted program works something like this: If I am working at home and have gotten out of my PJ's, I'll slip on a kit and a appropriate shirt.

If I am out making sales calls, most likely I'll be in "civilian" dress (pants).

If I am out an running errands that have nothing to do with business, I may wear the kilt just for kicks (Home Depot in a kilt is a riot).

On the weekends, I may spend the entire weekend in the kilt, one way or another. This last weekend, due to my new kilt I was kilted Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and did yard work in another kilt as well on both days. Folks at church now ask me why I'm not wearing my kilt(s) as adverse as to why. I have even gotten requests for favorite kilts!ith:

[Bugbear]

I've been to Home Depot wearing a kilt. I've also gone to Home Depot wearing a pleated canvas, man skirt and sandals. One of the workers said she saw someone else wearing a kilt just like it a week earlier; she was talking about my pleated canvas, man skirt.

[Highlander31]

I realized the other day that I now own three kilts (SWK standard McLaren, khaki Sportkilt, and an X-kilt) and I rarely wear them. Not because I'm nervous or anything, I just never think of them. So to give my kilts the prominent place they deserve in my wardrobe, I'm going kilted at least one day a week from here on out.

I'm sure lots of other people have done similar things, but I've never heard of them and I thought that this may give other infrequent kilters an idea.

Good idea. Going kilted is nothing more than developing the habit of thinking about the kilt as part of your wardrobe.

Today was my first kilt day so I strapped on my SWK and headed out. I had three notable comments.

The first was from the bank teller. She asked, "What are you doing in your kilt today?" I've never been asked that and I wasn't quite sure how to answer. I mumbled out, "Going to the bank and some other errands." I didn't mean to be rude, but I didn't expect that question.

That sounds like a good answer to me.

Second, I was at the library and a woman came up to me to say, "I never thought a man could wear a skirt and make it look so masculine." I was so flattered that I didn't bother to tell her that it's a kilt.

Nice compliment.

The third comment was really odd. I was at a store that sells bulk herbs and spices. A lady walked over to me and said she couldn't believe I'd wear a kilt on such a cold day. (It was 17F here with windchills in the single digits.) Before I could answer, she launched into a rant about nylons and how it had to be a man who invented them. Women have to wear them and they're too expensive and they run the first time you wear them and they're uncomfortable and you'll never see a man having to wear them. I was speechless as she left the store still railing against nylons. Yikes!

All in all it was a good first weekly kilt day. I hope this idea may help others wear their kilts more!

David

Congratulations on your day, thanks for sharing it.

[KiltedBrewer]

Good idea. Going kilted is nothing more than developing the habit of thinking about the kilt as part of your wardrobe.

Very well put, Highlander31. That is exactly what I'm trying to accomplish.

David

[GMan]

I started out slowly, but ended up making it daily especially as Kilts began to dominate my closet. It becomes second nature and the good compliments far out weigh the negative.

[Highlander31]

Very well put, Highlander31. That is exactly what I'm trying to accomplish.

David

Thank you. Sounds like you are accomplishing it.

[isantop]

I started out slowly, but ended up making it daily especially as Kilts began to dominate my closet. It becomes second nature and the good compliments far out weigh the negative.

What negative?

I don't remember a time when I didn't want to wear a kilt, once I got into them (which, oddly, happened before I had one. ) It was probably since I had to wait for one, as I din't have the financial means to buy one. So I just always want to wear one of my kilts.