Women in Kilts

[MACKAY]

its how you define a "kilt" basically must peoples (the man in the street) perception of a "kilt" is a garment with a pattern "Tartan" pleated at the rear and worn by scotsman. As we know a "great kilt" strictly speakning does not have pleats sewn into it, buts its obviously a "kilt", so the word "kilted" must mean "wearing a kilt" so "kilted skirt" means a skirt thats wearing a kilt ! so I suppose a "Kilt" is a mans garment that wraps around the waist, and a when worn by a lady it ceases to be a "kilt" and becomes a "tartan skirt", the ladies lacrosse teams dont wear "kilts" they wear "pleated skirts" - a lassie shouldnt wear a "kilt" except when pipeing or Highland dancing as part of a uniform . to do so would be like a man wearing a skirt!!
am I makeing sense?

Who's on first?

Brian Mackay

[Jimmy Carbomb]

Does my soon-to-be wife wear a kilt? Yup.
Do I REALLY like it? Yup.
Do I see it as an afront to the kilted men movement? Nope.
Do all the wives of the band wear them? Yup.
Do they look hot in them? Yup.
Does anyone else in the band have a problem with it? Nope.

I don't see enough women wearing real kilts for this to be an issue. I see a LOAD of those short little things in tartan material... but that's not quite the same thing now is it? You won't see too many guys in those (excapt on another website).

I really don't see a problem here. It hasn't gotten to a point where there's any confusion as to where the kilts belong. It hasn't gotten to a point where there's any confusion as to where the skirts belong. Even with the cross-over... the rightful lines are defined.

I, personally, would rather see a woman in a kilt than a MacDonald in a Campbell tartan.

Think about that perspective for "kilts".

[beerbecue]

I promise I will never wear Campbell......

[Galant]

What would be traditional wear for women?

Personally I do like the look fo long skirts.

In fact - yay for Braveheart women, especially young ones, who have the guts to wear such outrageous clothing as long skirts - or anything that might be modest, feminine, or that means they aren't wearing their sexuality on the sleeve.

[Jimmy Carbomb]

What would be traditional wear for women?

Personally I do like the look of long skirts.

Pffffft if I know! There's so much history on the (relatively) well-documented kilts for men... and there's a LOAD of debate on what is "traditional wear" for us!

I absolutely LOVE the look of a deep-pleated, mid-calf length, properly tapered, 2 or 3 buckle tartan kilted skirt. Kelly at USAKilts had one on at the Mid-Winter Festival that was awesome. Add on a mini-sporran on the hip, and it's just beautiful. (A mini-sporran looks just like a regular sporran, but is only big enough to hold smokes, keys, billfold).

I'm, truly, not a fan of the mini-tartan skirts. That's probably because I've seen too many "Michelin-women" wearing them.

[beerbecue]

Add on a mini-sporran on the hip, and it's just beautiful. (A mini-sporran looks just like a regular sporran, but is only big enough to hold smokes, keys, billfold).

May I assume one could substitute a child's (boy's) sporran for a 'mini'?

[Jimmy Carbomb]

May I assume one could substitute a child's (boy's) sporran for a 'mini'?

Those are even bigger than the ones that I'm talking about... but I suppose that it's close enough for rock 'n' roll. You get the idea anyway.

[highlander_Daz]

I think what you wear should be a matter of chice for the individual alone and what others, think or feel shouldnt really be a factor ( unless your displaying orfeensive slogans etc) I personally find far more offensive is the FCUK clothing range worn by young people its in very poor taste.
Highland wear is very smart and is a breath of fresh air, If I go to a ball or wedding , you see all the guys in "penguin suits" and a prince charlie is so much better and you can see a lot of guys thinking
"i must get one of those!!!"

women these days are under pressure to conform to the advertisers ideas of how women should look, its great when women and men rise above this and wear something thats original, smart and very cool like for example a kilt!! women look great in them, especially when dancing, when I was at school we did highland dance at lunchtime and it was the highlight of the school day.

[Jimmy Carbomb]

women these days are under pressure to conform to the advertisers ideas of how women should look, its great when women and men rise above this and wear something thats original, smart and very cool like for example a kilt!! women look great in them...

AMEN brother! Testify!

You also made a GREAT point in the "accessories". I would MUCH rather see a woman in a kilt, than a guy in an ill-fitting kilt... or wearing sandals... or an offensive t-shirt... or acting like an idiot. What does more for the fine image of kilts?

I would say that there's a compromise, but that's hard to stomach. Some like men in kilts. Some like women in kilts. Janet Reno in a kilt is just NOT a good compromise.

[Jerry]

I did see a woman wearing a Sportkilt (Black Watch tartan) last year at the Richmond highland ganes. She was wearing some horrible pink shoes with it. I thought it was an insult to the regiment. Here is another way women are moving into male organizations. I a, a league bowler. The men's sanctioning body is the ABC, and the womems is the WIBC. As of a few years ago, women can join the ABC and bowl in sanctioned men's leagues and tournaments. Men aren't allowed to join the WIBC and bowl in women's tournaments. I am not against women in the men's tournament (my daughter is my doubles partner in this years men's Va state tournament), but I do think, "turnabout would be fair play". Anyhow, the matter is going to be somewhat resolved as the ABC and the WIBC are merging this year into the USBA. I will bet, however that there will still be "women only" tournaments allowed, but not "men only" tournaments.