Why wear a kilt?

[John_Carrick]

The kilt bug is addictive, be warned :mrgreen:

I got by with one from 1986-2007 but since acquired 9 more and itching for number 11.

[t_challa]

- the kilt bug is addictive, be warned :mrgreen:

Already got the bug. 8 days after I got that kilt I have already ordered my next one (should be arriving tomorrow). Got my eyes on two others, as well as saving money to invest in a handmade woollen one!

[thecompaqguy]

Theres no known cure to the virus :mrgreen: I've overspent like Newham Council :mrgreen: You will keep telling yourself "this is the last one, I swear"

[Starhunter451]

Very nice. Wish it looked that good on me.

[O'Searcaigh]

r ... . But it did make me wonder, what made you decide to finally get kilted? Is it a family heritage thing? fashion? conversation ice-breaker? just a way to show off your legs? Everyone has a reason and I think it'd be fun to hear everyones reasons....

My wife encouraged me to buy my first kilt while attending a highlands games (in southern California) many many years ago. The kilt was a Scottish National wool tank that had been made for someone else but he did not pay the final payment. It fit me and the vendor sold it to me for what was remaining to be paid on it. At first it was just a "holiday dress-up thing" (highland games, etc) but the more I wore it the more I liked it. It was/is so so much more comfortable than those bifurcated things. I also found that I liked the feel of the higher waist and wearing "pants" that high would look even stranger than a kilt (if you could even find them). So, bottom line for me is that yes, I do have some Scottish heritage as well as other "Celtic" ancestors but my main reason is comfort and the rest helps as an "excuse" when people ask "why are you wearing a kilt?" My responses depend on my mood when asked and range from telling about my ancestry to "it feels better given my medical condition" which usually stops the conversation dead in its tracks!