Prophet of Truth

[Blu (Ontario)]

... I was at a market the other day, a guy had a stall selling lightweight cotton "fisherman's" pants, all in bright colours. the owner was wearing them and they looked very comfortable. I said they look like the next best thing to a kilt, he replied by showing me a range of "man skirts" he was also selling. I was surprised!

So what color did you buy?? ;-)

[Graham]

Blu, ME buy pants????? surely you jest ;)

[Blu (Ontario)]

Blu, ME buy pants??...

OK then... What color did you buy???

[Ugly Bear]

What mystifies me to this day is why was Villegas required to open her thousand year old Scottish eyes?

Maybe it's because prior to Utilikilts, the kilt was simply a traditional garment and/or an ethnic costume. It was fine in Glasgow or Edinburgh, but out-of-place in Haywood Co. Villegas gave us a garment that has the advantages of the traditional design without the distinctive cultural pinning.

The kilt is a garment with a history. Villegas gave it a future.

The irony here is that the re-invention of the kilt is going to revive interest in the traditional Scottish design. Take me, for example: I never considered wearing any sort of Scottish kilt until I had a few UK's and PK's in my wardrobe. My first USA Kilt was a custom-design denim, because I didn't want tartan. Now I have plenty of tartans, including 3 from USA Kilts.

Like you and your wife, more people are going to have revelations in the coming years. Villegas will get and deserve a lot of the credit.

[Freedomlover]

Maybe it's because prior to Utilikilts, the kilt was simply a traditional garment and/or an ethnic costume. It was fine in Glasgow or Edinburgh, but out-of-place in Haywood Co. Villegas gave us a garment that has the advantages of the traditional design without the distinctive cultural pinning.

Great insight there, Bear.

The kilt is a garment with a history. Villegas gave it a future.

You're killing me here. Spot on. Couldn't be more right.

The irony here is that the re-invention of the kilt is going to revive interest in the traditional Scottish design. Take me, for example: I never considered wearing any sort of Scottish kilt until I had a few UK's and PK's in my wardrobe. My first USA Kilt was a custom-design denim, because I didn't want tartan. Now I have plenty of tartans, including 3 from USA Kilts. Like you and your wife, more people are going to have revelations in the coming years.

On the other hand, my mother kept me in little kilts until I was 7 years old, including all of the first grade. I hated it when she insisted that the time had come for (shudder) pants. I think that transition had a major effect on my outlook on life. After all, why is something that has for all of one's life been the norm suddenly unacceptable? It messed my head up.

Villegas will get and deserve a lot of the credit.

And so he should.

[starbkjrus]

Great insight there, Bear.



You're killing me here. Spot on. Couldn't be more right.



On the other hand, my mother kept me in little kilts until I was 7 years old, including all of the first grade. I hated it when she insisted that the time had come for (shudder) pants. I think that transition had a major effect on my outlook on life. After all, why is something that has for all of one's life been the norm suddenly unacceptable? It messed my head up.




And so he should.

UB and FL, well said indeed. I had always liked the look of the full PC outfit but that was really the only way I had ever seen the kilt worn. Then I ran across a Utilikilts booth at a street fair in DC. Within a few weeks I had my first UK.

Now I have six kilts that range from two UKs through casual moderns to an Albanach 4 yard box pleat from Matt Newsome. (And shopping for more). Thank you Steven.

[Freedomlover]

Thank you Steven.

If it wasn't blasphemous I'd dub him Saint Steven for what he has done to liberate men.

[Blu (Ontario)]

If it wasn't blasphemous I'd dub him Saint Steven for what he has done to liberate men.

He's certainly managed to make a go of something where others have tried and failed. I believe his target demographic and marketing strategy is largely responsible for that. A saint he ain't but quite clever!