any body wear kilts on a somewaht regualr basis (not just for cons ect)? if so id just like to suggest http://sportkilt.com/

heh. I was going to respond that if it's not Tartan, it's just a skirt...
but you beat me to it.

The "Utility Kilts" annoy me for that same reason. Sorry kids, that's just a leather skirt.

No, I don't own one yet. And yes I AM (in some small percentage) of Scottish descent. Irish too, but we don't talk about that.

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I am Scottish, and living in Scotland. And I do wear a kilt on a semi regular basis. Formal wear dont cha know.

I agree with my colleagues unless it's tartan, It's a skirt.

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Call me elitist... But I don't think you should be allowed to wear a kilt unless you're actually Scottish.

I extend that to if you "play" Scottish for a ren faire or the like too.

But I don't want to see your hairy legs in the grocery store, ya know?

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How about a skirt?


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Last night I was hanging out with Profiler and we were at BAM looking at the newest rpg books and this guy walked in wearing a kilt and combat boots and leather jacket. Now there wasn't any motorcycles out front, no SCA type events that night. Just wacko geek (he and his girlfriend were nerding over the manga).

No real reason to wear a kilt in America really.

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I don't own a SportKilt, or UtiliKilt, or a "real" kilt (though I'm of Scottish descent by way of Stewart of Appin), but really.... to each their own.

I know perfectly normal people who do wear UtiliKilts on a quasi-regular basis (not everyday, mind you), who swear by them.

And you really see no more of their legs than were they to be wearing shorts, y'know...?

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This is true. But it would be like people wearing kimonos to the store or other ethnic wear.

Why is it proper for a guy to wear a kilt (other than attention-seeking behavior) in America? I'm not saying it's wrong, but it isn't the cultural norm here.

Sure, in some sort of future Firefly-esque time when all cultures are mingled and mashed maybe... but right now? eh, I see it as the "look at me" thing.

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I'll agree... it isn't the "cultural norm" at all, however, I think some people are really braching into more exotic (or sometimes esoteric) methods of expressing themselves through dress.

The shift over the last... 10 years or so as to what's more "socially acceptable" has really broadened in spectrum; look at the prevalance of tattooing, for instance, and how it's much more accepted now.

I've never been a conformist (which is funny considering my careers) and so I'm all about folks expressing themselves in however or whatever manner they see fit; not everyone will "get it" (myself included) but that's okay. How many people really "get" what we do and sink our money into? (Costuming, ren faires, etc; I'm not saying you wear this stuff everyday, of course, just merely point out our particular affectations).

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That's true... but you expect to see kilts and costumes at ren faires and conventions (and Halloween of course). Other than sometimes wearing my USCM flak vest around the house, or wearing a costume to try it out while making/modifying it, I never wearing costuming stuff if it's not for a "performance" (or rehearsal or the like) of some sort.

And while tattoos are more acceptable... I doubt there will ever be a President with a giant face tattoo.

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Don't want to split hairs.. but the irish .. and other celtic nations have kilts...

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Indeed. I have a length of Cornish hunting tartan which I will eventually get around to making into a kilt.
We even have "invented" Welsh tartan's now so I could wear one of those.

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I proudly wore a kilt as a teenager while in a reserve unit called the Canadian Scottish Regiment which has loads of battle honours and 4 Victoria Crosses. The tartan they wear is Hunting Stewart. I haven't worn a kilt since 1981 and refuse to wear the "utility kilt" as I too believe if it's not tartan, then it must be a skirt.

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thank you!some one else who knows that kilts are not exclusively scottih. i happen to be a quarter irish btw.

I personally own a great kilt (bloody bitch to hand pleat), but then, I do Renaissance Festivals.

And I'm a girl so I can wear any damn skirt I want!

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What about the Roman Gladiator style?
Not a kilt by any means but I wouldn't call it a skirt .
(Not being up on Roman-wear I don't know what it is called.)

I just think that just because its a male 'skirt style piece of clothing' it shouldn't automatically be called a kilt.

(My father is a Scot, born in Glasgow, btw).

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Yeah, there are still a precious few Irish who'd be rather annoyed at hearing you say that.
Not that many mind you...


I have a friend in France who's very much into kilts. Belongs to the Kilt Wearers French Association or some such nonsense. As far as I know, the man doesn't have an ounce of celtic blood in his veins. <shrug> It's a bit weird, but hey.

I don't object to people wearing pretty much whatever they want to wear really, as long as it's decent (as in: not showing any 'forbidden' skin, and not being a hate-mongering item in itself, like a SS uniform for example). Want to wear a kilt? Fine. A skirt? No worries. A Roman toga? Hey, if you've got the figure and the weather for it, go ahead. Actually, at the point our society has reached, I think we SHOULD encourage diversity. I could with some brightly coloured African boubous or Japanese kimonos, flowing djellabas, tightly wound saris... Or 19th century 3 piece suits, medieval tunics, renaissance corsets... Whatever. Just something that would be a change from the track suits, brand-name T-shirts and look-alike, fashion-of-the-month items....

Which is what I do object to. You wear a kilt because you like it? Hell, good for you, go for it. You wear a kilt because it's the current fad and you can't possibly think of something to wear that hasn't been recommanded to you by some superhip shmeghead, either on TV or in some nice shiny pub for yuppies and assorted Wallstreet young wonders? Go back to the field and bleat with the other sheep.


Also: if it's not tartan, it's a skirt. And if you're not Scottish, don't wear Scottish tartan. You wouldn't go wearing the arms of the Windsor family, would you? Or those of the town of... Toulouse, for example, unless you were from there? Same thing with tartan.



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Unless you are wearing it for ceremonial or costume purposes (excluding things such as......stormtroopers in a kilt....) I'm fine with it.

But a man...any man....in a kilt just anywhere is Ugg. I really do not like kilts even in the costume sense.

Sorry Celtic folk! :X

You say that Ash..
Whenever Im out in my Kilt the girls all want to find out if Im a 'Real Scotsman.'

I usually come home feeling dirty, cheap and used..
But then I do have the accent to back it up....

I'll need to dig out the pics of Gareth and I out in London for Scapey's Stag do.

Rock club+Kilt+New Rocks=Fun Night..

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Awwww Ash!

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Realized I hadn't actually posted my opinion of MEN in kilts.

I rather like them.

Also, Ash, next year at Dragon*Con - midnights, lower level of the Marriott. I guarantee you a new appreciation of men in kilts.

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nawww...been doing ren faires and SCA stuff for a long long time and it's not my cup o' tea. A good looking man is a good looking man, even if he is in a kilt...but it isn't what turns my head

Embrace the man skirt!

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Just don't wait for a bus on a Saturday night in one...

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