She made my day saying I made hers

[elitekiltedcommando]

I never make people's day... Oh well. Not the end of the world I suppose.

[scoutniagara]

Twenty-eight Glaswegian scouts came over to visit Niagara Falls last July. I wore my solid tan SK to greet them, and to go grocery shopping. None of them had an unkind word about what I was wearing. They thought it was cool. Tartan kilts are part of their uniform.

[canawler]

I've actually been wondering what the usual "Scottish Reaction" to a solid-colour kilt has been. Is this generally how it goes or are there any bad experiences?

This may be the normal reaction but last year, at a Highland games, I saw an older Scottish lady go ballistic on the crew and customers at a Utilikilts booth. It was kind of amusing and scary at the same time. She was going on about how these weren't kilts, they had no business being at an event like this, those that sold or wore them were despicable human beings, she wanted to burn the whole booth, etc. It reminded me of someone who has been bothered by this for years and kept it all inside until she snapped. The guys at the UK booth had no idea how to take this rant. I think they originally thought it has a prank but quickly took her seriously. Someone ran to get security but the woman moved on before they arrived. Don't know if they ever found her later.

[Riverkilt]

Funny, being a tourist area we get a lot of folks from Scotland visiting the canyonlands. A number of them have approached me when I'm wearing a Utilikilt with sincere curiosity about where to get such a "work kilt."

Have always thought that even though UK insists what they make isn't meant to be a Scottish kilt, that they might have a huge, overlooked market in Scotland.

Ron