Why the kilt

[Alan H]

I came to it through the music. See, I went to see Riverdance...I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but it's true and I LOVED the show. So I started listening to Celtic music and going to festivals. I saw some guys in kilts, notably Mike McMullen of Tempest, who wears a black Utilikilt on stage. It was at the Sonora Celtic Faire in 2005 that I first got thet notion that I could do this....but I about croaked when I saw the price.

But the idea stuck with me, so I looked around online for information, and found XMarks. About a month later I owned a Stillwater Kilts Black Watch standard, and was hooked. Six weeks after that a USA Kilts Casual arrived and Ohhhh, yeah.

and then I said... "This is an expensive hobby, 'cause I want more of them" so I started making them.

Hmmmmmm.... it's about time I made another kilt. It's been a couple of months. I NEED my very own X-Kilt. and so does Panache, and so does Tim C and that 11 ounce Gray Stewart tartan I got off of ebay is just SITTING on my fabric pile. And I owe Tim C's lady her X-Skirt!

[Perldog007]

Comfort, Heritage, and non-conformism play a part. Where I live most men would not wear a kilt for love or money.


So maybe it is a deep seated insecurity that pushes me to show those fearfull souls how to get out and live? A question for more learned folk than I.

What brought me to it is very distant to why I almost never wear pants anymore. I just like wearing a kilt. I like the way it looks and the way it makes me feel.

I don't particularly like the whipsering and staring in grocery stores and such. But watching the fans do the cart crash and walk into displays and each other kind of gives some cheap entertainment anyhow.

On the upside, the kilt is very well recieved by some. I don't think the contempt of the ignorant, even if it were non-stop would bifurcate me any time soon.