What got you interested?

[richardljohnson]

...my housecoat was the most comfortable thing I owned to lounge around the house in. Perhaps a kilt would be just as comfortable...

I've got a 'house kilt'. This is a kilt I made EARLY on and is full of errors and problems. It was my first attempt at a Utilikilt painters knock off. It's full of problems BUT it's become the house-kilt. I can wear it out to get the mail, paper or yard stuff.

Try it....

RLJ-

[James]

Maybe I should change the question and say what kept me interested!

I'm now 68 and have worn the kilt since I'm not sure when put into one by my parents as a very young child-so I've worn one for sixty years plus.

Quite simply it is very comfortable, it cuts a bit of a dash, and is practical in that I've worn one in arctic summer zero degrees at one extreme and Australia at the other: warm enough for the cold north-but a bit too hot in Australia 40 degrees.

Though I now live in London, I regard it as a normal day to day garment-not every day, but when I feel like it-usually several times a week-for everything from pub to supermarket-visits to galleries in central London.

In all the years of wear I've only got positive comments, and even now it's nice to be complimented by the ladies.

Being new to this exchange of ideas-after having a glance at the various letters-I'd make the following observations:-

If you feel like wearing a kilt do so.

If you feel like it take advantage of such modern ideas as the hill walker and side sporran-they help. It does not take much research to show that our ancestors versions of the kilt were developing over the years.

Don't worry about wearing one in public-the public will support you.

James

[Graham]

Welcome to the board James, what a pleasure to have you here.
I am especially pleased (my bias is about to show)because I see a..

1.A mature kilt wearer with a wealth of experience.
2.A fellow Englishman
3.A Londoner (my favourite city, I lived and worked there as a young man)

How did you find us here in cyberspace James?
anyway, I hope you'll stick around, we're a friendly bunch here (even the Americans!) and have gotten to know and love one another quite a lot.

I know you'll fit in just great.
If you're inclined, post a piccie and show us 'yer boat race!

[James]

Thank you Graham for your welcoming comments.

I found the board and all the interesting and amazing comments-thanks to starting to think about a new kilt-when pockets failed on favourite hillwalker-and loose change passed from hand to ground. Then as happened roamed from site to site looking at prices etc and wandered-here I am!

Sorry, but I'm not that English.

Since appearing here-I've had a lot of fun wandering through the various letters, so can add a bit more.

Possibly due to having worn a kilt for so long-whilst it is my wear of choice: I do not get carried away by a need to wear it every day-rather it depends on what I'm doing, the mood of the moment and so on: even shock horror I might feel like wearing trousers that day. [Do I get shot for that or merely escape with a week in the salt mines?]

A bit more shock horror-I found a new word 'regimental': a glance at the dress regulations suggests qualification with: which regiment and when?

As for a picture-I have enough problems with an old fashioned camera.

The cheering thing is that from reading the letters more and more men are enjoying the choice of wearing a kilt: and that is really what it is all about. Being able to excise a choice that cannot harm anyone, and adds a bit of fun and colour to the world.

James

[bubba]

Being able to excise a choice that cannot harm anyone, and adds a bit of fun and colour to the world.

James

James, the guys here are nothing if not colorful.

[Rigged]

Greetings James and welcome!

I have trousers and wear them as the occassion demands. I find that I prefer to not wear them as the kilts are so much more comfortable.

It's all about having the choice.

[David Woodington]

Greetings from the U.S., James. And thanks for the compiment Graham . I agree that I wear what I want when I want.I'm not kilted all the time as it wouldn't fit in with all that I do. But I would usually rather be kilted. And as Graham stated it's nice to hear from someone else that has so much time in the kilt. I would like to thank everyone for their stories. They were interesting and informative,and I am looking forward to hearing more.


Talk to you all later.
Dave

[Jerry]

I had never thought of wearing a kilt until my wife and I attended the Richmond Highland games and celtic festival last year. As usual, I wore jeans, but with a celtic tee shirt that I'd found somewhere.This was my first trip to a celtic festival, and I expected that I'd see pipers and dancers, or the Scottish heavy athletes wearing kilts, but I was totally surprised at the number of non-participants I saw kilted, probably about half. We were looking in different vendor's tents, and the first words out of my wife's mouth as we were in a tent that had some off the rack kilts, was, "you'd look great in this" as she held up a kilt. I was in total shock, because, I'd tried a couple of skirts in the past (not crossdressing as such, but because I wanted an un-bifurcated garment to wear at least around the house), and she had been extremely negative about that. After that, I had to have a kilt. The 25th of last month was the first time I wore a kilt in public, other than a festival, and it was a great feeling.