Utilikilt at the Company Christmas Party

[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...

[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!

[Perldog007]

i was a warehouse clerk in an environment that was, let's say, "less than ethical". The supervisors were having the techs draw extra supplies, trading them for favour, then the supervisors were doing side work for cash with company trucks and ill gotten parts.

The breaking point came when the supervisor had a talk with me about too much gear being issued. Irony is the word we are looking for here. I put my foot down and started refusing to issue extra gear and involved the district manager.

Not surprisingly, there was a movement to get rid of me. When I got written up on a pretext I started wearing my kilts to work, and let it be known that if I was fired I would cry to the ACLU that I was fired for being "a man who wears skirts, because that's who I am". Took them a year, but they finally fired me on a pretext.

They showed up at the unemployment hearing with three managers and two lawyers, got Brazilian waxed anyway. They thought I was serious about going to the ACLU. Wonder how much they spent on preparing for the storm that never came?

They probably could have had some nice kilts made for that kind of coin.

So yes, sometimes it is good to shake things up a bit. Wearing your kilt can do the trick.

[killteddawginga]

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

[Jay]

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

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

[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!