They Should Wear Kilts

**mookien** · 10th June 13, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

... I realise how bright the tartan is, but thats the companies colours, aquamarine and stone (beige to you and me) ...

I like your design - colorful (with the "correct" colors) and simple enough for a corporate tartan/kilt. Send them a suggestion and your idea for a company-standard kilt. They will likely ignore it, or blow it off, but it can't hurt.

**mookien** · 10th June 13, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

... I would have issued them with at least 4 kilts along with their regular pencil skirts and trousers

All those options would just confuse the hell out of them.

**thecompaqguy** · 11th June 13, 01:03 PM

Sure would...

I devised a less offensive Arriva tartan, based on their 'Interurban' bus livery...

but no one except Arriva Scotland West (who recently sold all their operations to McGill's bus company) would bother making a corporate kilt... (sigh) so I guess it's skirts and shorts for the guys in the summer

I did like Richard Branson's (Virgin Atlantic) kilt in plain red - much more than his air hostess getup a few weeks ago

**mookien** · 11th June 13, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by thecompaqguy

Sure would...

I devised a less offensive Arriva tartan, based on their 'Interurban' bus livery...

but no one except Arriva Scotland West (who recently sold all their operations to McGill's bus company) would bother making a corporate kilt... (sigh) so I guess it's skirts and shorts for the guys in the summer

I did like Richard Branson's (Virgin Atlantic) kilt in plain red - much more than his air hostess getup a few weeks ago

That's even better than your original. Very bright and cheery. It would make an attractive corporate commuter kilt. Maybe you could "sell" McGill's on it. There is a rather noisy MacGill tartan on the SRT, but yours looks much better, even if not as "traditional".

There are images all over the web of Branson in his red-based kilt, including him hoisting it up to show off his "stiff competition" shorts. It's good to be the king, ... or very rich.

**Gryphon noir** · 11th June 13, 09:19 PM

I'm a bit confused about train crews wearing skirts as a protest. It seems a bit silly to me. The CROR (Canadian Railway Operating Rules)*( stipulates that train crews must have their legs covered to the ankle, and must wear 6" CSA approved safety boots, as well as other PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) such as reflective vest, and where indicated, eye protection and head gear. Following the safety regulations is a condition of employment and has nothing to do with any kind of right or freedom.
The one place I have no desire to wear a kilt is in the context of rail operations. It may be fine when you're in the cab, but as soon as you have to be on the ground, a kilt would be quite a liability.

*I assume that railway regulations would be similar in other countries, but maybe not.....

**cessna152towser** · 12th June 13, 02:45 AM

I assume that railway regulations would be similar in other countries, but maybe not.....

The rules here in Scotland do call for safety boots and hi-vis tops but no stipulation re leg cover. Obviously though on the footplate of a STEAM locomotive one would need leg cover and a kilt would be impracticable. I should have added that our train on Sunday was a diesel powered railbus.

**Phil** · 12th June 13, 01:04 PM

This piece from the Glasgow Herald has another take on the subject - http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...kirts.21317555

**mookien** · 12th June 13, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Phil

This piece from the Glasgow Herald has another take on the subject - http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...kirts.21317555

What a nightmare! That's even worse than diapers and turbans.

**adempsey10** · 19th June 13, 10:13 AM

If men start wearing skirts, the skirt is no longer a gender specific garment. It's only crossdressing if your intent is to have a woman's appearance. These guys aren't crossdressing, they're appropriating. They might not wear kilts because the thought never occured to them. Most people see the fancy pants, Prince Charlie look in their heads when they think of kilts. Or Bravheart.. A lot of people still dont know that kilts come in contemporary, business acceptable attire.

**The Kiltman** · 19th June 13, 03:57 PM

I have been reading this thread and agree that these folks-men could have worn a solid color kilt for the job. In all my reading on the WWW and hard copy books the Kilt is technically a skirt but not all skirts are Kilts or Wraps by definition. You can wrap a towel around your waist, you can wrap a blanket around your waist, and you can wrap any piece of cloth around your waist but none would be a Kilt. I wear a Utilikilt every day and I wear the traditional Kilt for RSCDS Dancing but, sorry everyone, I would not wear a towel, a blanket, or other piece of cloth in public unless I had nothing else available. I would not insult the tradition of the Kilt in my humble opinion.