Utilikilt - sporran or no?

**mbhandy** · 22nd January 06, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Iolaus

Besides, think about how men react when a breeze shows the upper thigh through a woman's slit skirt... now think about what the women are thinking in a turnabout situation!

EXACTLY

MrBill

**Raphael** · 22nd January 06, 03:19 PM

I have 3 utilikilts and will not wear any sporran with any of them. Although a few people tried to convince me to wear a sporran instead. The Cargo pockets are good enough for me. If want to show off my sporran, I will wear one of my tartan kilts.

**Beery** · 22nd January 06, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by Raphael

I have 3 utilikilts and will not wear any sporran with any of them. Although a few people tried to convince me to wear a sporran instead. The Cargo pockets are good enough for me. If want to show off my sporran, I will wear one of my tartan kilts.

I'm not sure it's a case of 'showing off' the sporran or of carrying capacity. I think it's a matter of practicality and personal privacy. The sporran keeps the kilt down in front. The first time a breeze sent my utilikilt flying up in front, and as I fought to keep the kilt aprons down against the wind) I said to my wife "Now I know why a sporran is worn".

**Canuck** · 22nd January 06, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Beery

I'm not sure it's a case of 'showing off' the sporran or of carrying capacity. I think it's a matter of practicality and personal privacy. The sporran keeps the kilt down in front. The first time a breeze sent my utilikilt flying up in front, and as I fought to keep the kilt aprons down against the wind) I said to my wife "Now I know why a sporran is worn".

I don't think a sporran is going to make that much of a difference unless you wear it rather low which looks rather awkward. Pinning the aprons together also inhibits free movement. It's the risk one takes when wearing a kilt...a full under apron does help, however there are number of pictures around displaying kilts flying up in the rear and a fanny pack isn't going to help that situation either. You'll just have to learn to walk into the wind.....
Cheers
Robert

**Beery** · 22nd January 06, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck

I don't think a sporran is going to make that much of a difference unless you wear it rather low which looks rather awkward...

Not sure where other folks' sporrans usually lay, but I can't see how it would ride too high unless the 'wedding tackle' was hanging very low indeed. See the image on this page - the bottom of the sporran is about where the ends of the fingers are, and unless peoples' anatomy is much different from mine, this sporran would almost entirely cover my 'naughty bits', thereby preventing any wind-caused fashion malfunctions.

I can accept the kilt flying up in the rear, but I don't want to be accused of indecent exposure due to it flying up in front, and a sporran would prevent that, since it should hang low enough to cover that area (according to what I've read that's why it was placed at the front originally).

**Southern Breeze** · 22nd January 06, 06:25 PM

I have one Utilikilt,a Workmans and I've never worn a sporran with it. To me it looks best without one.

**motorman4life** · 22nd January 06, 06:39 PM

Just like footwear, I think "what looks best" is up to each individual. I don't have a need for more storage than my UKs provide, but I would not hessitate to wear a sporran if I needed the extra storage. I have had fly-ups with a sporran in a traditional kilt, so I don't know if it is as much the accessories as it is the wind, particularly when it is gusty and unpredictable.

I like the versitility of the UK's and commonly wear Hawaiian pattern camp style and aloha shirts (tucked) with my khaki colored UKs. I think people should be free to wear their UKs however they please; pins, sporrans, whatever.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 22nd January 06, 06:44 PM

I think that a traditional sporran with a UK would be an unusual mix. Not unacceptable, just not something I would consider. With all the pockets in a UK, a sporran, which is really just an external pocket, is superfluous. A fanny pack or other pack might work. I have found that the problem with the UK is that the apron is so narrow, that is tends to blow up easier. However, the way it is made, there are more layers of material than in a trad and I have never had a problem with anything showing. I was concerned something might, but it never did.