Kilt Discussion Panel

[auld argonian]

Sounds like finding this forum and discovering that there are less expensive "starter" kilts out there is a common denominator amongst many of us.

If it doesn't become "mainstream" who cares? Hey...I wear 'em, you wear 'em, the other guy doesn't...eh! It's fun...I've never had any issues with them being anything other than a man's garment and if anyone else has issues with that it's too damn bad. I look around me and see what other guys are wearing and figure that THEY had better not start criticizing.

It's not a confidence thing for me...or a vanity thing or a political statement...I just sort of got to a point (and Duncan on Monarch of the Glen was probably my insprtation on this) where I said, "Frick it! I want a kilt!" I looked on the internet, got severe sticker shock and then found Xsmarks and found out about the less financially ruinous alternatives (and was impressed by the wit and knowledge displayed by you guys) and I haven't looked back.

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[NewKilt]

A most excellent threat. I think Chris Webb brought up an excellent point about confidence. It takes a certain amount of character and self-confidence to wear a kilt publicly in westernized cultures. You have to be quite confident in who you are. That means tolerating stares, wisecracks, etc.

I've often thought that the reason many women like to see a man in a kilt is because they see a man that is confident, not influenced by peer pressure, not afraid to stand out from the crowd.

Even if price were not an issue, I think the majority of men in western cultures (the US in particular) would have to overcome their insecurites, their need to prove their masculinity, and their years of programming that has defined a skirt-like garment as clothing that is trickly feminine.

I probably repeated a lot of what has already been said, but couldn't help myself.

Darrell

[pbpersson]

A most excellent threat. I think Chris Webb brought up an excellent point about confidence. It takes a certain amount of character and self-confidence to wear a kilt publicly in westernized cultures. You have to be quite confident in who you are. That means tolerating stares, wisecracks, etc.

I don't really know how confident I am. I mean, what does that really mean? I'm 50 years old and I don't know.....I'm just at the point where I'm thinking I'm not perfect, I have issues, no one is perfect, everyone has issues....who cares? I'm okay, you're okay, you think I'm strange, why should I care?

You get to a certain point in life when you just realize that life is not the serious thing you make it out to be. I'm almost looking forward to when someone sees me in a kilt and asks if I'm Scottish and I say no, I'm Swedish and then just look at the confused look on their face. :confused:

[Rex_Tremende]

I'm almost looking forward to when someone sees me in a kilt and asks if I'm Scottish and I say no, I'm Swedish and then just look at the confused look on their face. :confused:

Not too long ago, someone posted the best rejoinder to this remark: "You don't have to be Scottish to be comfortable."

Enjoy,
Rex in Cincinnati

[davedove]

I'm almost looking forward to when someone sees me in a kilt and asks if I'm Scottish and I say no, I'm Swedish and then just look at the confused look on their face. :confused:

That's almost like Riverkilt's "Hey Switzerland" remark.