Knowing what we all know now ...

**Mr. Kilt** · 21st March 06, 10:02 AM

I tip my hat to the younger members here who have no qualms about wearing a kilt to school. The respect I have for you is immense. I certainly wasn't secure enough to do it when I went to HS in the late 70's. Like pdcorlis said in his post, I didn't have the foggiest idea of who I was back then, and the less attention I drew to myself the better. Now, at almost 43 years of age, I just don't care what others think of me. I dress for "me" now.

**Panache** · 21st March 06, 10:18 AM

I would have and should have worn a kilt to college. I went to the University of California Santa Cruz so I wouldn't have had to worry about standing out or looking weird (frankly standing out and looking weird was so standard there, that when I went to school on occassion wearing a blazer and tie, that was really weird...hmm). I had a friend through fencing who on occassion wore a kilt and I thought he was really cool. The thing that stopped me from getting a kilt was that kilts and all the trimmings were WAY TO EXPENSIVE!!!!

I wish I had known about the Celtic Croft and Stillwater back in the 1990.

**cormacmacguardhe** · 21st March 06, 10:43 AM

School during the mid to late 60's was a strange time for me, do not know if I would have had the necessary cajones to buck the norm that far. I wore a sport coat and turtle neck with a beret. Was on the outside of all social groups, but not sure if I was that far out for that time period. My heartfelt congrats to those who can do that.

**bubba** · 21st March 06, 11:31 AM

I probably would have worn the kilt then if I'd thought of it. I wore leather until it got popular, then switched to western wear til that started getting popular, then on to work boots and flannel til THAT started to catch on. I always seemed to be the odd duck that turned out to be ahead of the curve. If I'd thought of kilts then I would have worn them with the full confidence that nobody else would have copied me.

Sure, I got some heat from other kids about the way I dressed not being in style, but once my style caught on I gave it right back by pointing out the current style was so yesterday. The ones following the herd never particularly had any importance to me.