TFCK "full length" kilt?

**cessna152towser** · 8th November 07, 11:42 AM

I've been wondering how the length of the kilt got set at "Knee length. More than an inch either way and it isn't a kilt."

I don't think anybody set any rule that a kilt has to be knee length to qualify as a kilt. What I said earlier was simply that this appeared to me to be the public perception.
For those of us who are more interested in kilts we would interpret a kilt as a garment having overlapping front aprons.
Thus while most of us would accept the TFCK long kilt as being a kilt, the average person whom the wearer would meet in the street would see it as a skirt.
On the contrary, my box pleat camo skirt and denim cargo skirt have both been favourably commented on as kilts.
I wear them as casual kilts.
You know, I know, and the manufacturer knows these garments are not kilts because they lack the overlapping front aprons. Indeed the manufacturer (Midas Clothing) specifically differentiates their range as kilts (overlapping front apron) and skirts for men (garments which look superficially similar to a kilt but have no overlapping front apron).
However the person in the street sees a man in a knee length unbifurcated garment and perceives it as a kilt.

**Macman** · 8th November 07, 11:49 AM

I wouldn't wear it, but if someone else wants to, fine.

(OT - Aside from Sean Connery, Zardoz starred Charlotte Rampling, which is enough to make me like it!)

**escherblacksmith** · 8th November 07, 12:26 PM

I don't like it as a kilt, but I don't mind long 'skirt' variations, like a sarong.

**fluter** · 8th November 07, 12:42 PM

Not for me, but as always, I hope that Howie can sell a thousand of them.

I guess that's a "maybe" although I doubt that I'd ever spend that amount just to annoy the K.P. I do like the mini in the same photo, but y'all knew that.

A kilt? Howie certainly knows what a kilt is. E-shrug. A hostess skirt? It can't be a kilted skirt, the apron's backwards. Maybe it's a skirted kilt! Can't wear a belted plaid that way? Sure you can: it's called an arisaid.

Err, ummm, I dunno.

P.S. Yes, one can run in a cassock---I have done--- but you have to hike it up. But then, a cassock is not pleated!!

**McFarkus** · 8th November 07, 01:31 PM

A definite NO!

**McClef** · 8th November 07, 01:41 PM

One normally has something on under a cassock!

I remember how popular the Kaftan used to be - remember Demis Rouusos?

**fluter** · 8th November 07, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

One normally has something on under a cassock!

Yes: a kilt!

Sorry, Trefor, I couldn't resist.

**Wompet** · 8th November 07, 04:19 PM

Past the knee
looks wrong to me;
Longest kilt on this fella
stops abruptly mid-patella.

Sorry - Dr. Suess moment.

**Makeitstop** · 8th November 07, 01:51 PM

I don't like it, and (kilt or not) I fully expect anyone wearing it would get a lot of crap about it, as it would not be recognized as men's clothing by many. But as always, I say as long as everything I don't want to see is properly covered, wear whatever you want.

Also, even if it didn't offend my limited sense of style, and wasn't obviously way too warm, I still think it would be impractical for my rather physically demanding lifestyle. Running may not be a problem, but I'll bet crouching, climbing, and martial arts (particularly the kind with a lot of elaborate foot work) are not going to be an option, which means I probably couldn't go a full day in one.

**McGurk** · 8th November 07, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Makeitstop

I don't like it, and (kilt or not) I fully expect anyone wearing it would get a lot of crap about it, as it would not be recognized as men's clothing by many. But as always, I say as long as everything I don't want to see is properly covered, wear whatever you want.

Also, even if it didn't offend my limited sense of style, and wasn't obviously way too warm, I still think it would be impractical for my rather physically demanding lifestyle. Running may not be a problem, but I'll bet crouching, climbing, and martial arts (particularly the kind with a lot of elaborate foot work) are not going to be an option, which means I probably couldn't go a full day in one.

Really baggy ankle length garments are not suited to a beginner martial arts, but I aspire to reach the grade where I can wear them (Specificly, Hakama).

I practice (well, not in the last few months) Aikido, where it is traditional for the grades of 1st Dan and above to wear hakama, it takes a little getting used to, but soon becomes of little hinderance (save for the warmth...).