how to wear modern kilts

[toadinakilt]

We should send him a stern letter. And tell him to join XMarks, maybe we can win a convert.

[GDub]

I wear my UKs more or less just like I wear jeans. Sometimes I wear a button down, casual shirt, sometimes a t-shirt. Some times tucked in, sometimes not. If it's chilly I'll wear a sweater, sweat shirt, henley or maybe a piece of fleece. Often I couple a UK with a jean jacket. If it's hot I'm in flip flops (I'm not partial to sandals), but usually I'm sporting a well worn pair of 6" black leather boots (that I don't bother polishing) and scrunched down kilt hose. In my view, there are no "have tos" with UKs. Wear it how you want and don't let the stuffy kilt police tell you otherwise.

[Alan H]

Wear it how you want and don't let the stuffy kilt police tell you otherwise.

Jeez, the guy in the blog isn't even the kilt police. He's some wiseass, stuck-on-himself bozo who's seen a few kilts, writes for the paper and thinks he should tell everybody what to do while he holds his snobby nose in the air. At least the tartan kilt police have some vague notion of WHY they say what they do, and some actual tradition to refer to.

[GDub]

Wear it how you want and don't let the stuffy kilt police tell you otherwise.

Jeez, the guy in the blog isn't even the kilt police. He's some wiseass, stuck-on-himself bozo who's seen a few kilts, writes for the paper and thinks he should tell everybody what to do while he holds his snobby nose in the air. At least the tartan kilt police have some vague notion of WHY they say what they do, and some actual tradition to refer to.

Saved by a winky emoticon--I think. I originally wrote "bastards" instead of "stuffy kilt police", but I chose to be less harsh because I know there are those HERE who don't totally disagree with the author of the article. In fact, there are some here who don't like anything about "contemporary" kilts (or MUG) wear. We've all read enough anti-contemporary threads on the XMTS to attest to that fact. And I figured it wouldn't be long before the "tartan kilt police" showed up to shun UK wearing altogether--or at the least to come up with a more "authentic" way to wear a UK. So I did some generalizing, but hey... My point is that UKs are, for the most part, inherently CASUAL. Sure one can dress up-scale-ish in a UK, but for me they are all about wearing them how, when and where I want without ANY "traditional" rules of the kilt burdening the enjoyment. No need for hose, shoes, tucked in shirts (or a shirt at all) depending on the situation. Want to wear a UK with flip-flops? Why not? Going shirtless and barefoot in a UK? Why not? Tank top, lime green Crocs and a well worn Cowboy hat with a UK? Why the hell not?

[DeWayne Ross]

I posted earlier to wear it how you want.........

Then I looked at a thread about wal-mart people, after seeing the guy in the girls mini........ I'm thinking maybe some things are a little too much.

Seriously that's just wrong.

:buttkick:

[artificer]

There's a phrase that springs to mind as I think of the author of this 'advice'. It's "go stick it up your jumper". Alternately, "Stitch this, Jimmy!" followed by a 'face-full of heid'.

What a wally. If I saw someone wearing spats with a UK I'd have to hope I'd seriously invested in a whole lot of poker-face.

[fluter]

Oh, that is too hilarious! Guys, you are missing some amazing comedy here.

Additionally, the Utilikilt is a structured,highly tailored garment. It is not casual.

He thinks he's a fashion maven, but he doesn't know what tailoring is.
And he thinks a UK is supposed to look like a military pipe band. You gotta have some, errr, not respect, let's say awe for such sustained and willful ignorance.

It's just too bad we'd need a time warp to comment the piece properly.

Hoo boy, I need a tall, cold Fresca!

[Bugbear]

I'm a buffoon.

[wildrover]

I'm a buffoon.

...And I will own up to still having several pairs of TRULY ENORMOUS "raver" pants in my closet ...

[Alan H]

The man who wrote the column is entirely entitled to his opinion.

I, however am entitled to the opinion that were I sit down to dinner with the twit, I'd probably hurt him before the meal was over.