2 Odd questions

[Shanntarra]

I agree the road rash you would get in a crash, much less updrafts while going 70 with his kilt. I'm just asking because the hubby wanted to know.

I know you are going to step on someone's toes no matter what you do. An X- Kilt isn't as time consuming as making a full 9 yards kilt. Then again I'm a costumer by trade. Most of the things I make could be on stage for 5 minutes in a show for 5 performances then put back in the wardrobe to be used 5 years from now. However, he already has a pink costume he wears for ren faire's. Example of what I mean Having that for the highland weekends, or just hot weekends would be nice.

It is part of a think he had his "flamingo" do. His best friend nearly died in a car wreck last July. Before that he was calling my husband his "flamingo". On Boston Legal William Shatner and David Spader had an episode that they dressed up as flamingos, as the birds. The concept was , no matter what happens you are still my best guy friend. From then on they called each other flamingos. Hence my hubby and his flamingo.
The flamingo had teased me I should make them matching costumes, meaning the birds. After his accident the hubby had me make mirror image costumes in various shades of pink. They now have flamingo's on their capes. It is now my husband's trade mark to wear pink when we go to ren faire's. So he would wear it else where.

The fact he went to the trouble of making it, and wearing it i think would mean alot to some people.

[The Barry]

I will second the concern about a pink kilt reinforcing the "kilt is a skirt" stereotype. But, all things considered, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Wear what you like.

And remember, it takes a real man to wear pink!

[Shanntarra]

Personaly I think a kilt is more manly. As it seems it bothers so many people here I think I'll talk to him and just have him wear his regular utila- kilt style to the walk.

And yes that is the most common comment he gets. It does take a real man to wear pink.

[Monkey@Arms]

Shanntarra,

I know I have read accounts on this forum from members who have made pink kilts specifically for breast cancer walks (you'll have to search for them yourself), and as others have pointed out Way2Fractious has his pink death camo kilt seen most recently here:



So go for it!

Best regards,

Jake

[McMurdo]

Firstly I think you have one great idea and one not so great idea, for the walk I think the pink kilt is a great idea. As for riding a motorcycle on a kilt, not such a great idea. Nobody thinks that they are going to drop the bike but take from someone who has.
1. You never know when it might happen.
2. If you are not wearing the correct protective gear you will wish you had.

[budd4766]

After seeing 1st-hand what pavement does to skin, even with jeans on, when a bike goes down, I'll never get on a bike with ANY exposed skin. I would NOT recommend it at all.

[dfmacliam]

Wear your chaps under yer kilt and pin it, front to back to keep it from flying up... Ya might look a bit odd but ya can ride safely at a slower speeds with your kilt on... I personally like to ride fast so I would vie for safety and change later...

[KFCarter]

I commute on a bicycle and have done so kilted, and even at those speeds, I need plenty of ballast in the sporran to keep the kilt where it belongs, so I think that alone would make motorcycling a challenge. You've heard plenty about the road-rash issues and I have to emphatically agree with all of that too.

Pink for the walk? Go for it!

[Foosinho]

I'm just curious would it seem inulting to the kilted community if he [wore a pink kilt]?

I won't presume to speak for the "kilted community", but I think pink clothing on men can look terrific. I say rock on. It means something to him, it would mean something to the Breast Cancer community - frankly, that stuff is way more important than what anybody else thinks. If he's got the self-confidence to do it, good for him.

As for the motorcycling with a kilt - personally, I wouldn't, but that's because I was an "All The Gear All The Time" (ATGATT) kind of guy before I gave up riding. If I'm not wearing helmet, eyepro, earpro, jacket, gloves, pants, and boots, I'm not getting on. That was my personal decision. So I have no suggestions on how to go about wearing a kilt on one successfully. Hell, I've barely figured out how to sit down (only had my kilt since last weekend).

[piperdbh]

The only issue I'd have with the pink kilt is the shade of pink you use. The Susan B. Komen organization has a particular pink that they use, and two different pinks beside each other, to me at least, can look ghastly. But I'm not a big fan of pink in the first place. I think it's a good idea, though, and the cancer patients and survivors will appreciate it.
How to ride kilted? Sew some Velcro on the inside bottom of the pleats and the inner apron, and he can stick them together, like a baby's "onesie". Sounds like it should work, anyway.