Aaaaaand then there's advice from people like me who would say... Meh! Just wear the kilt as-is with the opposite apron opening. (Especially if it really does fit you to a "T".) 99% of the general public have no clue how a kilt apron is supposed to open anyway. And if anyone (e.g. the kilt police) gives you any grief about wearing a woman's skirt, or that the kilt should open on the opposite side, just give them a "history" lesson.
Tell them that you are the direct descendent of the famous Gregory MacQuarrie of the Clan MacQuarrie, in which the brave solider got his right arm blown off by a cannon in the Battle of Inverkeithing on July 20, 1651. When he returned to his home, he was no longer able to don the kilt. His wife, Bonnie, feeling sorry for her poor husband, she commissioned a kiltmaker to create a garment with the buckles on the opposite side and that opened on the left instead of the right. She presented her gift to Gregory, who got furious at the suggestion that he wear such a thing because he did not wish to stand out from his clansmen. Upon hearing of this, all of his immediate relatives and many friends immediately commissioned kilts of their own to be sewn with an opposite opening, in solidarity with Gregory. On his birthday in 1652, over 100 people showed up at his household, each and every one of them wearing their left-handed kilts. Gregory's wife called for her husband to quickly come outside, as the entire clan was there to give their birthday wishes and prayers. Upon looking out the window and seeing every man and boy wearing left-handed kilts, Gregory was so moved by their devotion, that he dug out the garment he had discarded before, put it on proudly and went out to meet his kin. From that day forth he was proud to wear his left-handed kilt, and did so daily until the day he died, and no one within a hundred miles of them ever dared to speak a single ill word or make fun of this brave war hero and his left-handed kilt.
From that day forth, it has been a tradition in your family for all male members to have kilts sewn with the opposite apron opening, out of respect for the great, brave Gregory MacQuarrie.
That'll shut 'em up real good.
(It's a made-up story, but with juuuuuust enough true and verifiable elements to make fact-checking rather difficult)...
Originally Posted by CDNSushi
Aaaaaand then there's advice from people like me who would say... Meh! Just wear the kilt as-is with the opposite apron opening. (Especially if it really does fit you to a "T".) 99% of the general public have no clue how a kilt apron is supposed to open anyway. And if anyone (e.g. the kilt police) gives you any grief about wearing a woman's skirt, or that the kilt should open on the opposite side, just give them a "history" lesson.
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