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    wearing the kilt backward

    How do people manage to wear their kilts backward? I tried and I couldn't do it.

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    Wondered that myself. Must take a great deal of determination to do up the straps!

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    I've only seen them backwards a few times... and they're usually SportKilts.

    I've seen UtiliKilts worn sideways NUMEROUS times. I guess the side cargo pockets make a good sporran and seat pad?! How do you spend that kind of money and mess that design up?!!!

    I saw two brand new kilts at the Celtic Classic being worn backwards this year, and just about fell-down laughing.

    How many toddlers will put their pants or shirts on backwards? I guess it's okay for folks that are new to kilts to be given a little slack. A simple and friendly explaination of how to wear a kilt is well in order as long as you can do it with a straight face.
    Arise. Kill. Eat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Carbomb
    I've only seen them backwards a few times... and they're usually SportKilts.
    If only they would put the inside tag on the BACK of the kilt instead of the front. No wonder...

    binx
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    Front pleats

    Thought I recalled Matt saying recently that aswell as box pleated, some kilts were pleated completely round the front, but can't find it now. have to admit though, I don't think I would like them as much as a clearly defined apron.
    Phil

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    a friend of mine , who is of welch descent , had his wife sew him a kilt, she pleated the thing all the way around, under the apron even .. i told him he had a nice skirt, or something for holloween nite maybe, lol ..
    so i can see a bloke trying to waer it backwords, lol...
    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    How do people manage to wear their kilts backward? I tried and I couldn't do it.

    not too busy right now, then?

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    ask Richard Branson, he manages to do it easily enough :-?

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    As I was leaving the Richmond games this afternoon I saw a guy (I'm guessing he might have been between 18 and 20). When I first saw him from the front, something appeared to be wrong with his kilt. As I passed by I realized what it was. It was some kind of (excuse the "S" word here) SKIRT. It had no front aprons and no pleats at all, and no taper. It was wrapped around and appeared to be fastened on the right side with Velcro. As for whether it was on backwards or not, I couldn't say. However even a Sportkilt worn backwards would have been better. I thought of taking a pic and posting it with the face blanked out, but decided against it.
    "A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
    Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerMc
    As I was leaving the Richmond games this afternoon I saw a guy (I'm guessing he might have been between 18 and 20). When I first saw him from the front, something appeared to be wrong with his kilt. As I passed by I realized what it was. It was some kind of (excuse the "S" word here) SKIRT. It had no front aprons and no pleats at all, and no taper. It was wrapped around and appeared to be fastened on the right side with Velcro. As for whether it was on backwards or not, I couldn't say. However even a Sportkilt worn backwards would have been better. I thought of taking a pic and posting it with the face blanked out, but decided against it.
    Was it a tartan table cloth?
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