Full time Kilt Wearers.

**Kilted Cole** · 12th September 13, 08:44 AM

**BEEDEE** · 17th September 13, 05:07 AM

Just passed six years of full time kilted.

Brian

**FinnKilt** · 21st October 13, 01:42 PM

I switched to wearing a kilt 99% of the time (1% mainly = formal suit) at Midsummer 2012: utlility kilts (various), and a hiking kilt. I've worn them around town (mainly Manchester, UK), to church and university functions, across the Atlantic and back, on the Camino de Santiago and on the Pennine hills. I don't want to have to go back to wearing legtubes on a regular basis.
Reactions do vary. Very few critical or hostile comments, but plenty of pursed lips and pointedly averted looks; but also, enthusiastic approval – probably more often from women than from men. Then folk get used to it (particularly those who've never seen you in anything else) and it's not an issue.

**knotty** · 21st October 13, 09:15 PM

Ive been 100% kilted for over a 2 years. I have a wool tartan, 2 tweeds, 1 cotton, 1 poly/cotton & 1 acrylic. I also have a black argyll/vest & a tweed jacket/vest.
I wear what suits me. Normally in the summer I wear a t shirt & sandals with my kilt.

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If you have the jackets, sporrans & hoses you can wear anything & still look good.

There will always be someone who says something silly, but the good comments are numerous if youre kilted regaldless what else youre wearing.

**Pleater** · 22nd October 13, 02:50 AM

Me being of the female persuasion there is far less shock value in my wearing kilts, but I do notice that people are surprised when I climb over the barriers at the supermarket to get to a trolley rather than walking around - because I can.

The kilt doesn't restrict movement, in fact it encourages actions outside the usual range, even for a dumpy 62year old.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**keclea** · 22nd October 13, 05:37 AM

I wear kilts about 70% of the time. So far my collection is three utility kilts and one blackwatch plaid wool great kilt. I have a question, in this thread, many people have described their kilt types using abbreviations. I am not following all of the abbreviations. Could someone help me out? The one that I am especially curious about is people say they have GV kilts. What are those?

**keclea** · 22nd October 13, 05:40 AM

Sorry. My mistake. I meant "PV" kilts.

**ASinclair** · 22nd October 13, 08:10 AM

PV is short for Poly Viscose. See this thread -

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ose-what-9005/

**keclea** · 22nd October 13, 08:24 AM

Thanks so much Allen. Poly Viscose. I figured it was something I was familiar with, but as with any new place, it takes a little while to catch on to the abbreviations. As far as traditional kilts go, I love wool kilts. I've never had the privilege of wearing a full length 100% wool kilt, but I have worn some 4 yard ones. As far as PV goes, they do fill a need in the kilt market. Not everyone can afford to spend $300 or more on a quality wool kilt, and if the fabric quality of PV has improved as everyone says, then having a well tailored 8 yard PV kilt is going to look a lot better than a wool kilt made with the bare minimum length.

**Fireboykirk** · 25th October 13, 07:52 PM

I'm slowly trying to get there. My wife is just a little resistant, but slowly coming around. I can't do it at the fire station for obvious reasons, but my coworkers seem to expect nothing less. I have 3 PV kilts(Pride of Scotland, Weathered MacKenzie, Irish National) and 1 5.11 tactical. I just try to rotate them.