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26th February 07, 05:30 PM
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Full Formal Attire, with the Kilt BACKWARDS!!
I love it that men are coming to their senses and wearing kilts with pride.
As I was leaving the Mesa, AZ Highland Games Saturday afternoon a young man, would guess in his thirties, was striding proudly towards the front gate.
He was wearing a black PC jacket, tie, kilt hose, ghillies, flashes, et.al. He was done up to the max.
But his hand sewn traditional tartan was worn backwards, with pleats to the front and apron to the back.
You should have seen the pleats fly when he strode with such purpose.
I've said before that it makes sense...no pleats to wrinkle when you sit...maybe he wore it like that for the drive to the games and forgot to turn the kilt around front...no clue.
I was more amazed that he could have so much knowledge of the many accessories he wore and so little of the kilt.
Seems kind of like stopping a stranger to tell them their fly is open....me...I just let him pass...someone certainly had to clue him in eventually.
Kilted...proudly....and basackwards....ya gotta love it.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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26th February 07, 05:33 PM
#2
!!!sneppah taht nehw ti ETAH I
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26th February 07, 05:38 PM
#3
Originally Posted by Fearnest
Is that a new Buccanan kilt Fearnest? You look good my friend.
Last edited by ccga3359; 26th February 07 at 05:39 PM.
Reason: Taking the mickey.
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26th February 07, 05:39 PM
#4
Originally Posted by ccga3359
Is that a new kilt Fearnest?
sorry, not a shot of me.
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26th February 07, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Seems kind of like stopping a stranger to tell them their fly is open....me...I just let him pass...someone certainly had to clue him in eventually.
Kilted...proudly....and basackwards....ya gotta love it.
Ron
I dunno, I think if I were the one committing such an obvious faux pas, I'd want to know (and correct it) at the earliest opportunity, before the whole world saw me ***-backwards.
Best regards,
Jake
[B]Less talk, more monkey![/B]
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26th February 07, 05:49 PM
#6
And I quote:
Originally Posted by Fearnest
I've always figured a cheap shot is better than no shot at all!
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26th February 07, 06:03 PM
#7
Truer words were never spoken!
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26th February 07, 06:20 PM
#8
Poor guy. I hope someone got him sorted out before he got too deep into the crowd.
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26th February 07, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverkilt
...As I was leaving the Mesa, AZ Highland Games Saturday afternoon a young man, would guess in his thirties, was striding proudly towards the front gate....
He was wearing a black PC jacket, tie, kilt hose, ghillies, flashes, et.al. He was done up to the max...
But his hand sewn traditional tartan was worn backwards, with pleats to the front and apron to the back...
I was more amazed that he could have so much knowledge of the many accessories he wore and so little of the kilt.
Wearing a PC to highland games in the afternoon and knowledgeable? I think not.
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26th February 07, 07:30 PM
#10
Well, there were a LOT of black PCs being worn in the afternoon at the games. Seems to me folks were there to show the traditional dress rather than worry about the time of day or "rules."
Never occured to me that it was "wrong" until just now...but then, I haven't read up on the "rules."
Ironically, what first caught my attention about the man was how well his kilt seemed to be swinging as he walked....
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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