Contemporary vs. Traditional Kilt Perceptions?

[cwr89]

I get a better response from people when I wear my tartan. when I wear my tan UK original people don't notice it right away like you would tartan. they also try and argue with me about how its not a kilt because its not plaid... so I just show them the pocket that says utilikilt. I tend to wear my UK a bit more because its not as warm as my tartans are, and with it reaching 70+ now (finally!) and having to sit in a classroom with no A/C a cool kilt is preferred, thats not saying that I don't wear tartan some though. I actually in a typical week wear Irish national monday, UK tuesday, Black watch wednesday, UK thursday, and then UK friday.

what irks me most is how people say that I shouldn't be wearing my UK so much and I should wash it. Ok, I have 1 pair of jeans and back when it was cold, I wore 1 pair of jeans for like 2 weeks strait with 1 day off for washing. I don't sweat in my UK near as much as I did in my jeans. I wash my UK after 1 solid week of wearing, (after the 7th kilted day) its never smelled and its never looked bad, why should I wash it any more?

bah most people don't know anything till they try it themselves!

~Casey

[Ozman1944]

In my experience, my Tartan Kilts are immediately recognised as Kilts, usually positively. But when I wear my Utilikilt, or Amerikilt(not much these days as the AK pleats curl horribly), that's when I usually get 'skirt' comments or puzzled looks.

Not that I particularly care, but I find the different reactions interesting.

[Bugbear]

Naaa, I'm just joking around with you guys. It's all good.

[Ozman1944]

I always recommend a Tartan kilt for grave robbing, then if caught, start humming "Amazing Grace" and they'll respectfully go away.....

[Monkey@Arms]

Um, Ted, Nick, SDS. If you are not actually going to say anything about kilts, maybe you could do it by PM, or IM or something.

Best regards,

Jake

[Raphael]

To a commoners, there isn't much difference between a traditional and contemporary one. They are all kilts to them. The difference appears on some kilties' minds. To me, a kilt is a kilt, disregard of its origin.