"Do you wear a kilt every day?"

[Derek]

Yes ... and have done for 4 years now
Iechyd Da
Derek

[neloon]

I always wear a kilt unless I'm wielding a chainsaw - it's fancy dress otherwise.
Alan

[OC Richard]

I only wear a kilt when I'm performing on the pipes somewhere, or attending an event where a certain level of dress is expected, due to not having owned a suit in over 20 years.

For daily wear it would be impossible, because I have to wear slacks and shirt and tie every day at work.

For ordinary casual dress Highland Dress doesn't make sense for me. My Highland outfit cost around $1,000 (even with the jacket, sporran, and ghillies bought used) and I'm not going to subject it to daily wear-and-tear. It's the equivalent of an expensive suit or tuxedo and I treat it as such.

It being Southern California, daily year-round casual wear is Cargo Shorts, sandals/flip-flops/zorries, and t-shirts. When it gets a bit cold I wear socks with the sandals and throw a light jacket over the t-shirt. It's how it is here.

[FinnKilt]

Have done now for 3 and a half years, except under duress – that meaning either social duress (suit required, i e conventional male suit: matching smart jacket and trousers; or to visit my ailing mum, who refused to even contemplate the idea of a kilted son) or climatic duress – if I had been home in Finland this last week, when the temperatures went down to around minus 20 Celsius, I'd probably have felt it advisable to wear thermal trousers outdoors. But I'm currently in Lancashire, where it's a nice brisk +3 C, so I do have kneehose on rather than short socks which I mostly tend to prefer. Otherwise, I now have a range of different modern / utility kilts, or at least pocketed ones, for different occasions - changed into my shabby old Pakistani ute kilt yesterday when I found I had a flat tyre, as it's already so stained from being used to do jobs around the house and garden that it really doesn't matter any more.

Oh, I got stopped and asked on the street yesterday, by a couple of sniggering blokes in a van: So what you got under that kilt? Gave them a mock sad-sour look and said: Knees, what's it look like?

[joek]

Inside the house, all year round. Outside, doing yardwork and it's not muddy, above 40F, fine. A little below 40F you deal with chill factors and frostbite. If you have to start wearing accessories to keep you legs warm the functionality of a wearing a kilt is gone. It is annoying to change to pants when going outside for long periods in the winter. However, if I had to go shopping in a mall or big box store the short trip from the car to the store could be handled minus the accessories. As I have yet to see anyone wear a kilt casually within 100 miles of here, despite a decent amount of Scotch and Irish heritage present, whether I wear one or not in the winter isn't a big deal.

[tpa]

I think my wife would find it a bit boring too, as much as I would if she were to wear the same type of skirt or dress every day. Also I think I would not want to lose the feeling of wearing something special and meaningful when I wear the kilt.

Nothing wrong with wearing something special and meaningful every day.

If you go with trousers (pants across the pond) there is not a huge variety of ways they can look either, unless you wear them half way down your backside!

[Liam]

Since my retirement almost 1.5 years ago, I have worn a kilt most of the time. There are certain occasions such as going to the gym for my cardiac rehab. exercise program, going to the rink to play hockey, riding a bicycle that I choose other more appropriate attire.
Other wise it is mainly kilted.

[Pleater]

When having to sort out a blocked drain recently I was faced with a muddy floor and sticking my arm down into filthy water - so I (those of a nervous disposition might like to close their mental eyes at this point) threw off my kilt and sark and got down to ladling and prodding at the problem using a large black bag stuffed with towels as a cushion.

Admittedly I then needed a shower and a bath to feel remotely clean again, but the simplest form of kilt attire, a long tunic beneath a kilt is - for me - a less time consuming way of dressing than more modern costume, and I could keep my sandals on throughout the process, a distinct advantage in the circumstances.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Matty Ross]

Only 322 days last year!

[glynrb]

I've just finished a 2yr contract at our local hospital (I'm an IT geek), and I wore a kilt nearly every day. It was interesting seeing the reactions of the patients and visitors, and I had many conversations with the bolder ones (nearly always female).

If you look at my profile you'll see why I started wearing kilts (out of necessity), but now I find a kilt more natural that trousers.