Kilts for Halloween?

[irishcoloradoan]

Here's a question I have for everyone that may prove somewhat controversial (though I certainly don't mean it that way):

How do you feel about wearing the kilt on Halloween, either to a party or pub or costume party or wherever for the festivities?

I feel somewhat torn about this.

On one hand, I love to wear my kilt whenever I possibly can. Halloween night seems to be a great night to wear it, mostly because it wouldn't seem out of place -- though most people who know me wouldn't think anything of me wearing it any other day either. So wearing it would not really be for the sake of avoiding attention -- if that makes any sense at all.

On the other hand, I definitely don't consider the kilt a "costume." Therefore, I think I'd feel like a poser for wearing it on Halloween.

Am I just over thinking this whole issue?

[Panache]

Here is a very simple question for you, that only you can answer.

Is the kilt a costume?

Cheers

Jamie

[ozone]

Here is a very simple question for you, that only you can answer.

Is the kilt a costume?

Cheers

Jamie

Is a cowboy outfit a costume? I see real cowboys with the hat,boots,shirt, jeans etc. all the time in Denver and nearby places....and yet cowboy-dressed people still show up at the doorstep come halloween.

Are doctor scrubs a costume?

As I posted before, people need to realize that it's no big deal if people some folks want to wear ANY kind of clothing for their halloween costume. If you like it, wear it and enjoy!

[Ayin McFye]

Is a cowboy outfit a costume? I see real cowboys with the hat,boots,shirt, jeans etc. all the time in Denver and nearby places....and yet cowboy-dressed people still show up at the doorstep come halloween.

Are doctor scrubs a costume?

As I posted before, people need to realize that it's no big deal if people some folks want to wear ANY kind of clothing for their halloween costume. If you like it, wear it and enjoy!

Very well put. I'd definitely agree. I personaly wouldn't wear a kilt as a "costume" because I've been trying so hard for 3 years to have my work allow me to wear it on a daily basis. If someone else wants to wear a scottish outfit on halloween as a costume, then all power to them.

Personally, I'm dressing up as a sheep.

[Panache]

Is a cowboy outfit a costume? I see real cowboys with the hat,boots,shirt, jeans etc. all the time in Denver and nearby places....and yet cowboy-dressed people still show up at the doorstep come halloween.

Are doctor scrubs a costume?

As I posted before, people need to realize that it's no big deal if people some folks want to wear ANY kind of clothing for their Halloween costume. If you like it, wear it and enjoy!

ozone,

I'm not knocking someone who wants to dress up in a Scottish outfit for Halloween.

I just incorporated a kilt into a Halloween costume myself.

That said I stand by my words, irishcoloradoan wanted to know if the kilt was OK to wear as a costume. I told him he had to ask that question of himself.

Because ultimately that is who it matters to

Cheers

Jamie

[ozone]

ozone,

I'm not knocking someone who wants to dress up in a Scottish outfit for Halloween.

I just incorporated a kilt into a Halloween costume myself.

That said I stand by my words, irishcoloradoan wanted to know if the kilt was OK to wear as a costume. I told him he had to ask that question of himself.

Because ultimately that is who it matters to

Cheers

Jamie

Very good Point Jamie...I was more responding to the general sentiment that i was seeing on the thread that kilts were somehow different from other types of clothing....your quote was convenient. As I said, wear what you want and enjoy!

[Colin]

Is a cowboy outfit a costume? I see real cowboys with the hat,boots,shirt, jeans etc. all the time in Denver and nearby places....and yet cowboy-dressed people still show up at the doorstep come halloween.

Are doctor scrubs a costume?

Let's play devil's advocate for a mintue. You raise a great point, but are the real cowboys dressing up as cowboys for Halloween and showing up at the door dressed like cowboys, or is it people that don't normally dress like cowboys wearing a cowboy costume?

Personally I won't wear something for Halloween that I want excepted as day to day wear the other 364 days a year. That's me. I don't normally wear a costume on Halloween.

As Panache said though, it's up to everyone what they feel like wearing. I'm thinking of going as a kilted doctor cowboy

Happy Halloween all.

[sathor]

I wore mine as part of a costume, then I removed it to take off the fencing jacket and put on a tshirt and put the kilt back on and went back out of the house. (I wasn't about to grab a clean pair of jeans and reload the pockets from the sporran that late in the day) and my wife actually admitted getting more used to the kilt.

[Bugbear]

There. I did not wear a kilt for Halloween. I didn't even wear a costume.
It was a very quiet day and evening.
I won't be wearing a kilt for All Saint's Day tomorrow either.

[BroosterB1]

That is just too damn bad! I wore a kilt all day long. On the bike, off the bike, with customers, at the bank, at the store, at my parents, at the post office. I had no problems with toglidites, a couple of times younger ones honked and threw thumbs up, absolutley a great day! Am ordering an new SWK with a informal sporran this weekend!