Who DOESN'T like wearing the kilt?

[EagleJCS]

In defense of bandsmen (being one myself) it could be that the band they are in has certain restrictions for when the band kit (kilt, sporran, etc.) may be worn. ("Don't wear it if you're going to be buying alcohol", for example.) Or, the individuals may not want to risk having to replace/repair/have it cleaned before the next gig if something should happen to it. Some items - kilts in particular - are fairly expensive, after all.

Also, these days most competitions don't judge a band on its appearance. "Highland attire" is usually the only requirement. As long as everyone's in a kilt, it's OK. There doesn't have to be a uniform, it's just easier to tell it's a band instead of a gaggle. The musical performance (unison, tone, etc.) is what is being judged.


On topic: I don't know of anyone that has tried and not liked the kilt, but I lead a sheltered life.

[Bugbear]

I'll try to be careful saying this because...

I feel very different about the kilt, now, than when I first started wearing them. The change in feelings has come a little at a time.

I still have mixed feelings about it, and am not sure how to expressed them; not that I am good at communicating in the first place.

[Monkey@Arms]

I'll try to be careful saying this because...

I feel very different about the kilt, now, than when I first started wearing them. The change in feelings has come a little at a time.

I still have mixed feelings about it, and am not sure how to expressed them; not that I am good at communicating in the first place.

Says the man with almost 7000 posts.

Best regards,

Jake

[Bugbear]

Says the man with almost 7000 posts.

Best regards,

Jake

All right, I apologize for posting.

And I do realize I have posted on this forum too often.

[Monkey@Arms]

I don't have an issue with you posting Ted. I do however, get frustrated when you post without actually saying anything. Take the one I commented on above, what information did you convey? If you want to discuss why you no longer feel comfortable with wearing kilts, go ahead and do so. If you don't want to talk about it, that's OK, but in that case why post? Others may disagree with me, Lord knows I am not always right (except in my own mind.)

Best regards

Jake

[sanddog28]

I can say there was a time when I fell into this category, I remember as a child going to a family functions... weddings funerals etc and being put in my kilt and not at all being happy about it, even though my favorite person in the world, my grandfather was in his right along with most of the other male members of my mother’s family. The whole being different thing was definitely a negative as a child. The saddest part of that was that I really wasn’t comfortable in my kilt until my grandfather’s funeral. My Grams brought me a one of his kilts from his younger thinner days, as I no longer had one that fit, and as I started to get dressed I began to remembered all the times he helped me get dressed as a little guy, and all the things he told me while he was doing so, about remembering who we were and where we came from... It was an instant and lasting change.

[KiltShot]

I really wasn’t comfortable in my kilt until my grandfather’s funeral. My Grams brought me a one of his kilts from his younger thinner days, as I no longer had one that fit, and as I started to get dressed I began to remember all the times he helped me get dressed as a little guy, and all the things he told me while he was doing so, about remembering who we were and where we came from... It was an instant and lasting change.

This is exactly what impresses me about this forum. I rarely read such a powerful story in other forums I browse. It makes me all the more glad I found this one.

[NewGuise]

Thanks for the very fine and touching story, sanddog28.

[Kiltman]

I've often wondered about being 'comfortable'. Does it mean physical or emotional comfort? Perhaps, both? There are times when I'm just more comfortable wearing pants and times when I'm more comfortable wearing a kilt. That's what my way of looking at the matter of kilts is all about. We, men, should be able to do both when they wish to wear a particular garment. I have to admit that I choose to wear a kilt when I want to be formal or in the summer when I want to be cool, but I don't want to have the be limited to one or the other.

[Jimmy]

I have 2 brothers who ould not be seen dead in a kilt and I have other friends with a similar attitude towards the kilt.
Seems some people for some reason or other are really anti- kilt and these people are all born and bred Scots