Wearing the kilt is no big deal for me

[Julie]

Raphael, your attitude to kilt wearing is very refreshing. One of the great things about this forum is the diversity of individuals who will wear contempory style kilts of different designs and fabrics. Although I have been a kilt wearer for many years, I have always been of the traditional school but I have been able to admire different styles. This may come from living in Scotland where tradition is the norm although 21ST Century Kilts have recently bucked the norm with their contempory designs.
I notice that you may be visiting Scotland this year, one of our fellow X-Markers is organising a kilt night in the Glasgow area some time in the future perhaps this could co-incide with your visit. It would be great to see you and your selection of kilts. I may even hire a contempory kilt for the occassion.
Julian

[Skweres]

it may be a part of my heritage, but comfort is comfort. and so far i have yet to find anything more comfortable

[Julie]

it may be a part of my heritage, but comfort is comfort. and so far i have yet to find anything more comfortable

you're absolutely right, I wore it almost the full day last Saturday,and although a fairly frequent wearer, it always amazes me how comfortable and relaxed I feel when wearing the kilt. Long pants are sometimes far more appropiate but they never equal the comfort of the kilt. I would love to able to work out why guys when they wear the kilt for the first time , they are totally overwhelmed by its multi-talented effects, it certainly has an X factor about wearing it
JULIAN

[Raven]

I work as a machinist and I still go kilted everyday. It has gotten to the point that if I wear pants people ask me why I am not kilted.

I view the wearing of the kilt to be both commonplace and special.
I wear solid colored kilts made from poly/cotton material to work and that is a commonplace thing and I wear my formal tartan kilts on holidays and to go out to dinner with my fiancee and that to me is special.

As far as your racial background I don't think that should make any differance to anyone. As long as you are comfortable I say to hell with what others say.

You have found the freedom that other men will never know because of the fear of what they don't understand.

Raven

[mcvarmit]

to me its just a piece of cloth, albeit an expensive piece of cloth, but never the less its still a piece of cloth.
if the only people who could wear a kilt were the scots, the market would be even smaller than it already is, hence the marketing of universal kilts plus the advertising that you don't have to be a scot to wear a kilt, if the industry wishes to expand and stay profitable. just my 2 euros worth.

slick

[Howard Clark]

Well it started out just simply practical cothing for forging in a hot blacksmith shop. But I like being asked if I am Scottish and saying, "not much" but I sure don't like pants.

I'd 'ave saved myself a lot of trouble and money if'n I'd have just bought them though, instead of thinking I could make a good one right off. Oh well.

[H. Hastings]

Hey Howard,

[ScottInNewHampshire]

Interesting thread. I agree with the two Davids. When I'm kilted, aside from all the things that I like about that experience, I still feel like I am representing a special way of dressing, a brotherhood/sisterhood, an ancestry. They are still unusual enough here in the USA that they attract attention and I feel the need/desire to do the garment proud.

I still switch back and forth between kilt and slacks but if I were in a job where the kilt was not seen as distracting from the very special project I am directing, I'd be kilted all the time. Watchout World - when I'm retired . . . NO MORE PANTS!!!!!