Wearing a kilt to Work

**lethearen** · 22nd May 09, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

work to okay me wearing a kilt all week at our next Blue Jeans Week for the United Way.

That's a great idea, Steve. My company does a charity Jeans Week every so often. I should give that a go next time. Granted, kilts aren't necessarily the equivalent of wearing jeans (they're so much more versatile!), I can easily see how it would fall under casual or at least 'not standard business' wear for the uninitiated.

**McFarkus** · 22nd May 09, 08:14 AM

My brother Turpin wears his kilt to work daily at the EPA. IIRC he started off wearing it on St. Andrew's Day, and shortly began to wear it daily. I suspect it might be considered discriminatory to ban wearing the kilt when women are allowed to wear skirts.

Originally Posted by NorCalPiper

Even when I go to the hip/dangerous part of town "EAST ATLANTA", no one (Not even the gangsters and homeboyz) gives me a 2nd look. Its even correctly commented on from time to time there "Yo-That kilt is workin'-Where can I get one". Atlanta and San Fran really are 2 great kilt friendly cities. It probably helps that we have a HUGE Celt community here and a really big, well advertised highland games.......

Originally Posted by SteveB

NorCalPiper,
You can add Boston to that list. Even when riding the T (public transit) through the roughest parts of the city, I too get the "Cool kilt, where d'ja get it?" from the gangbangers in their colors and trousers belted below the buttocks. I have been complimented many times for having the b@lls to wear the kilt on the T.
Slainte
Steve Brown (We are everywhere)

A couple of weeks ago a gangbanger complimented me on my kilt and asked me if I'm Rowdy Roddy Piper's dad (I'm only two years older than he is). I suspect that the fact that a number of pro wrestlers wear a kilt has made more people aware of it as a male garment.

I work at an ethnic non-profit and have worn the kilt to work a few times.
First reaction was, "A kilt! Just like in Hong Kong!" (Hong Kong of course was a British possession up until 1997). And the kids, once I explained that it was a garment that honored my ethnic heritage, were very cool about it.