Utilikilt at the Company Christmas Party

[killteddawginga]

I wonder what the women were wondering as you danced????

[yojackus]

KWD, I think your friend is spot-on with his comments. Utilikilts, in fact, are very much the "cargo shorts" of kilts. Hence the name. They're utility kilts. Especially their models like the Survival that the OP was wearing.

Of course, they do have some models that are meant to be more dressy, like Dockers equivalent (the Mocker). They even have a tuxedo variant, which I find very odd. But I still don't think the general public will see the Utilikilt as any sort of dress-up attire. Especially when compared to a quality wool tartan kilt with all the traditional accessories.

yojackus, have you work kilts around these people before? Or was this their first hint that you wear a kilt?

Have been seen in my utilikilt by some co-workers and others knew that I was going to wear it. It was those from other branches of the Co. that were a bit perplexed. I think that a tartan would have been less ambiguous but I like my utilikilt and feel quite comfortable in it. Kilts as everyday wear are not common where I live so I was sure to get some negative reactions. In most cases, the negativity came from those who are somewhat afraid to step out of the norm themselves. I DID get compliments from some of those who "got it".

[KWD]

Have been seen in my utilikilt by some co-workers and others knew that I was going to wear it. It was those from other branches of the Co. that were a bit perplexed. I think that a tartan would have been less ambiguous but I like my utilikilt and feel quite comfortable in it. Kilts as everyday wear are not common where I live so I was sure to get some negative reactions. In most cases, the negativity came from those who are somewhat afraid to step out of the norm themselves. I DID get compliments from some of those who "got it".

Bravo, glad you are comfortable, to hell with the rest!

[yojackus]

Thanks Kyle, and when the rest get to Hell they will be greeted by we men in kilts...

[Jay]

I wonder what the women were wondering as you danced????

Maybe they were wondering if a "twirl" was coming up soon.

[KWD]

Thanks Kyle, and when the rest get to Hell they will be greeted by we men in kilts...

you know myBrother lives in near Atlanta Georgia, he doesn't own a single Tartan Kilt but has somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 Utilikilts wears them often (Even when his family begs him not too) he ALWAYS looks happiest in his Utilikilts. He will be one of those greeting all the nay sayers in Hell Kilted in I am sure a Workmans with his black steel toe Doc's!

[GG]

It is my experience, too, that tartan kilts are in general better "received" than modern kilts. Every one has heard about tartan kilts and knows how they look. They might be unusual but are definitely men's garments.

Modern kilts are unknown to most people and accordingly more difficult for them to "place" - which, however, shall not prevent me form wearing my Utilikilts.

Greg

[BoldHighlander]

It is my experience, too, that tartan kilts are in general better "received" than modern kilts. Every one has heard about tartan kilts and knows how they look. They might be unusual but are definitely men's garments.

Modern kilts are unknown to most people and accordingly more difficult for them to "place" - which, however, shall not prevent me form wearing my Utilikilts.

Where I live, which happens to be a college town, utilikilts are a fairly common sight (of course, being 2 hours north of Seattle explains that one too ).

A week ago, when I wore my new Newsome box pleat (in Macdonell of Keppoch) I decided to try a quick little unscientific social experiment. I had to stop by the store (Fred Meyers) to pick up a few things, so I thought here's my chance to see reactions to my kilt (I usually only wear one for special occasions or Highland games). I figured that most people would be doing double takes as tartan kilts worn outside of our local games in June is a rare sight.

While I did note a few obvious stares, and a few more sly double takes, the majority of the people seemed not to notice. At first I was confused, and then it dawned on me that other than the fact I was wearing a 16oz wool tartan kilt, that to them it was probably no different than the guys that are usually seen in their modern/utilikilts!

That's just my experience, and it maybe just a blip on the radar of the overall picture/ experience of others.

[GG]

I figured that most people would be doing double takes as tartan kilts worn outside of our local games in June is a rare sight.

I can assure you that in Denmark kilts are rare, too. We don’t even have highland games and the like.

When I wear a kilt, which I do on an almost daily basis, I will get some double takes, but very few and I will get into more conversations than when wearing pants, but apart from that, wearing a kilt is a complete non-event.

A couple of months ago I visited the Photokina exhibition in Cologne anmd for three days I would only wear kilts. I never received as many compliments as when in tartan kilts in Cologne and Dusseldorf.

When one of the days I was wearing a Utilikilt Original I received a few negative remarks.

Greg
www.dress2kilt.eu

[BoldHighlander]

I can assure you that in Denmark kilts are rare, too.

That I could imagine!