Question from wife

[Liam]

What exactly would define "worn with respect"?

😉 If you have to ask you don't know. However if you stick around here for a while you will learn that there are many interpretations of what this might mean.
Cheers....

[James Hood]

Should this thread be moved to the "toga" sub-forum?

Further off "general kilt talk"...

...Lederhosen are gloriously comfortable.

[Pleater]

The toga wearing students were quite correct, a Roman citisen in nothing but a toga would be considered correctly dressed in any situation - though presumably he would add sandals when venturing out into the street. Togas would normally consist of rather more fabric than the average sheet.
They were rather like the long plaids worn by drummers and pipers, and arranged in much the same way, though far more loosely wrapped so they were not drawn into tight folds. They were wide enough to cover the body from beneath the right arm down to the ankle and in their simplest form were long enough to wrap around the back, go over the left shoulder and down to the ground in front, and similarly across the chest and over the shoulder then down to the ground behind. There were more elaborate drapings as the fashions changed, and everyone but the emperor would put a cloak over the top - if they had one - in bad weather.

Even if global warming makes the concept of a light and airy garment something longed for in the height of Summer, I can't see the toga making a comeback, though.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Mike S]

I'm Scottish, Welsh AND German. Lederhosen would never do for me though, as my ancestry is Prussian.

[Braw Cathairneach]

Believing all my life that i have no celtic genes, (awaiting dna to prove other) should i not wear a kilt? Having a predominantly german heritage, i would think it should be lederhosen for me. NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. While im thankful to the scots for the kilt.....they must realize the wonder they created must be enjoyed by any real man.

Family lore oft mentioned our Scots line but we bear a Bavarian surname. Years ago I was the only Kass'aq (roughly the Yupik Eskimo equivalent of Sassenach) serving on the executive board of an Alaskan native association. I wore my leder bundhosen to an annual meeting. The association president asked what the %@#! I was wearing. With a grin, I replied, “why my native clothing!” Had I known more about my Scots lineage in those days before Internet research and email, I could have had more of a shock effect wearing a kilt to the Alaska native association meeting instead of my lederhosen. You gotta love the Scots diaspora’s effect on the American melting pot.

On a more solemn, respectful, and loving note, my late wife proud of her Yupik Eskimo ancestry was piped across the bar melding our diverse family culture.

[OKSooner]

Yay! A thread with a Roman connection! I majored in Latin, so togas are something I learned about in college. Togas are actually quite interesting. Toga wearing kids though, no. I'd be amazed to see a group of kids who made proper togas and wore them properly. It would be very interesting.

[kiltedcontractor]

I used the word "must" not as acommand but as "it is obvious" . Kilts are wonderful and "real men wear kilts" to quote a t-shirt.

[Jock Scot]

I used the word "must" not as acommand but as "it is obvious" . Kilts are wonderful and "real men wear kilts" to quote a t-shirt.

Thats the point! It may be "obvious" to you and enthusiastic non-Scots kilt wearers, but it is not in the least bit "obvious" to some Scots and distinctly presumptuous.

[kiltedcontractor]

Thats the point! It may be "obvious" to you and enthusiastic non-Scots kilt wearers, but it is not in the least bit "obvious" to some Scots and distinctly presumptuous.

By that logic... any scot wearing denim jeans is "hi jacking" american wear. Its clothing. You seem to want to argue when all i meant to do was compliment.

[Jock Scot]

By that logic... any scot wearing denim jeans is "hi jacking" american wear. Its clothing. You seem to want to argue when all i meant to do was compliment.

I am quite sure that you mean no offence whatsoever and likewise, argument was far from being my intention, but I am pointing out the view of some Scots that you seem to be unaware of. To many Scots the kilt is more than "just clothing", it has added to it cultural, historical, family, National and traditional connections that many----not all---- non-Scots fail to take into consideration. Now you know.