I was asked an interetsing question yesterday

[Derek]

I was asked yesterday by a husband and wife if I felt more at home with myself by the wearing of my Cilt. I said as it happens I do. Thinking about it ... its something I can't really explain properly .. you know its just the right thing to be doing (more than just for comfort). It all gets pretty deep for me. Can't expand on this any further I'm afraid guys n gals .. maybe someone else can.
Iechyd Da
Derek

[ozmeath]

I can't expand of course on your experience of the kilt Derek, but I think I follow you.
It's fairly multifaceted for me. In a way wearing a kilt connects me with a more noble past, through my family's history. It's like my psyche remembers it, like when you smell something from your childhood and it all comes rushing back, only more elusive.
And it feels GOOD.Looks good, and comfortable too.
I think that's it.
Erin.

[Kilted KT]

Wow...two deep threads in one day...Might need a dram or two to get this sorted out.

It is a tough question to answer, because there are so many different ways to interpret it. I'll take a stab at one possible meaning...

if "more at home" meant more comfortable from a physhological standpoint, then yes. I definitly feel more at home. the kilt lets me stand out in a crowd without saying anything. For some odd reason, it also gives me increased self-confidence and assurance. I guess it is also a great ego bost, when strange and attractive women take the time to compliment you on your < insert popular kilted compliment subject here>. it also feels pretty good when you walk into a place, even if only for the second or third time kilted, and the employees not only remember you, but give you an increased level of service.

Overall I definitly feel more at home in a kilt, it fits my personality a hell of a lot better than any trousers I've ever worn.

[Master Boid]

Being a mere sixteen, ah'm sure I've got a few more years to go before I can really call myself experianced in the art of kilt wearing however...in my personal opinion I believe that not only does it feel comfortable but it also links back to a proud warrior excistance and people that I am happy to be part of. Kilts are garments worn by men before men wore trews but just after the romans etc had started wearing trews too.

It gives you a boost of confidence (as said before) and a real feeling of masculine...I don't know what.

[Caradoc]

Being a mere sixteen, ah'm sure I've got a few more years to go before I can really call myself experianced in the art of kilt wearing however...

At this moment, you likely have more experience than I do in the wearing of a "modern" kilt.

I've been wearing the feileadh bhreacain for longer than you've been alive, if you really are sixteen, but the philibeg is a new experience for me.

[Angus]

Well for me its more......Well, I'll put it this way, when wearing pants I feel like I'm pretending to be something I'm not, fake sorta. While kilted I feel......like me, the real me, no pretense. I know that sounds stupid but thats about as close as I can come to a good answer.

[Jerry]

Being a mere sixteen, ah'm sure I've got a few more years to go before I can really call myself experianced in the art of kilt wearing however...in my personal opinion I believe that not only does it feel comfortable but it also links back to a proud warrior excistance and people that I am happy to be part of. Kilts are garments worn by men before men wore trews but just after the romans etc had started wearing trews too.

It gives you a boost of confidence (as said before) and a real feeling of masculine...I don't know what.

Being just 16 doesn't have a lot to do with "kilt wearing experience". .I'm just 62, and I've only been wearing kilts since 2004, and I still don't wear them full rtime. I've only recently started wearing my kilts a lot more. So, don't sell yourself short because you are young. Mosr of us here wish we could have discovered kilts at your age, so you are way ahead of us. It is your generation which will help kilts become more mainstream.

[Yaish]

Yeah, pants are definately a costume for me. I feel odd in pants, like I am wearing someone elses clothes.

I've had people make that same comment to me too, that I look more at home in a kilt (posted a thread about it a few weeks back in fact).

Wearing pants is like listening to a Yanni CD or drinking tea with a pinky held out. If I ever do it, its part of an act, not the real me.

[McRod]

I began wearing my Kilt full time from the age of 19,with a gap of about 15 years.[it wore out as i only had the one]Since January of this year i have been fully Kilted again.[in that gap i had two traditional kilts made] As to how it makes me feel, the only way i can describe it is that it is right way to dress for me,any other way and i don't feel comfortable.

[Robin]

Derek...I can't explain it either...before I started to wear kilts I mindlessly put on my trousers, just to wear "something".
Now I strap my kilt on and it's completely different....pretty useless to describe the feeling...we all share it I guess.

Feels good though!