Are There ANY Laws Against Wearing A Kilt in the USA?

[Riverkilt]

I don't believe there are any laws in the USA or most other countries against a man wearing a kilt. Don't think there are any state or local laws against a man wearing a kilt. Maybe, at best, some OSHA reg stretched to the limit, or requiriment for protective clothing - which is that, rather than a prohibition of other clothing.

Corporate America is big on "culture" and "diversity" these days. Any corporation hassling a man for wearing a kilt could probably be easily embarrassed into reversing themselves by attorneys who happen to be members of various Scottish clan associations, or (gasp ) by the American Civil Liberties Union.

So what is it that seems to freak folks out so much? No one has the right to tell me I can't wear a kilt.

Why do so many folks seem to go into a dither when they see us kilted...is it a control issue? An aversion to change? A fear of Scots regaining power in the world?

Folks that don't blink at a kid wearing a bold obscenity on his t shirt get uncomfortable around a man in a kilt.

Do we need a t shirt that says, "Kilts are Legal"?

Hank???

Ron

[Canuck]

No just watch it in Akron Ohio if you wear patent leather shoes with your ensemble. Apparently it's against the law for a woman to wear patent leather shoes if wearing a skirt. so conversly if a man wears a kilt.....connect the dots But no-one here would wear patent leather shoes with their kilts anyway right....????

[Aaron]

Did you run into some sort of "situation" Ron? Or is it just the regular thing from some closed minded blockhead?

[Magnus Sporrano]

Ron, what happened to you to cause you to write this thread?

I wear the kilt to work, in corporate America (Johnson & Johnson!), and it's not been a problem for me. Do I have individuals who are sometimes rude? Of course. But management has been at the worst tolerant and my most direct management has been nothing but supportive.

I work in a part of the company where there is a lot of drug research going on. Some of the people in my department work in the labs a lot. If I were one of those guys, the kilt might become a problem because there are some stricter controls on how you can dress in the labs for safety reasons. Luckily, I have no such restrictions so I'm going to work kilted today.

[Riverkilt]

Sorry I wasn't clear. Nothing happened. I'm just intrigued that others get so uptight about a man in a kilt.

If there were laws against wearing kilts it would make sense. But there are none.

Why kilts? Why not Carrdigan sweaters or painter pants or bermuda shorts?

Also to point out that a man in a kilt need not fear he's broken the law somehow - from the way many react you'd think we had.

Ron

[Jimmy Carbomb]

It's a fine line in the kilt world, ain't it.

There are no laws against wearing the kilt.

There are PLENTY of laws preventing some of the outrageous stupidity that some kilt-wearers perform.

I actually called a Lawyer-friend of mine that has a computer database of keywords. The ONLY "kilt law" that appeared had to do with undergarments in Massachusetts and it was VERY old.

[Riverkilt]

Thanks for asking for that search Jimmy. Nice to have the official word.

Ron

[bubba]

The ONLY "kilt law" that appeared had to do with undergarments in Massachusetts and it was VERY old.

Did it require longjohns?

[beerbecue]

I may be mistaken, but don't some states/municipalities have laws against cross-dressing?

And if that is the case, can't you just imagine some hard-headed, litigious individual trying to stretch that to include kilts!!!

I don't know why, but this was the first thought that popped in my head when I read this thread...

[Miah]

I dont think it would be against the law but if a company has an offical dress code I can see that a kilt would be in Violation of it. I work as a Military Contractor In Cheyenne Mountian and I can not wear a kilt to work.