Kilt Discussion Panel

[Zardoz]

Thanks guys, :mrgreen: That was only the second outing of my new USA Kilts Caledonia. I paired it with a dark green polo and hose, and a black belt and sporran from Buzz Kidder. I was pretty happy with the look, considering I'd been partying like a rock star till 4 AM the night before, it came together OK. Like Fernando Lamas said; "It's better to look good than feel good"

[bubba]

Looking good Zardoz, but the guy next to ya is gonna break his own kneecaps if he even TRIES to run.

[Scottish Chi]

Add a WOW for that gentleman's sporran. Would that be refered to as Scottish Bling?

Cheers! Bill

[Cawdorian]

You are looking good there, definitely the best of the bunch. That is the first time I've ever seen a sporran with a hub cap on it. It must be rough on his knees.

[davedove]

I rather liked the Four Redheads of the Apocalypse, great group name.

[Rex_Tremende]

Hub cap, saddle bag, big guy... It's all about proportion, you see. Like me, he must get his leathers from the tack shop.

So, Zardoz, how did that panel discussion actually go, and what conclusions were made?

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati

[Zardoz]

The Kilt panel went pretty well, all the panelists were kilted in UKs except me in my USA and one guy in pants! Ok, tights, he was in pirate garb. We had a good turnout too, about 40 or 45 people in the audience, almost a full house! Several guys in kilts in that crowd too, but our audience was about 70% female! In the end we concluded that based in part on the crowd at the con, kilts must be making headway, but apparently mostly UKs! Most of the UK owners present got their first one at celtic or rennie festivals or even other Sci-Fi conventions, and most owned at least a couple, one fellow had 10. I gotta hand it to UK, they are marketing outside the box, and it shows. If they had a booth at our deal, their sales would have been worth the trip! I bet any store with off the rack tradional style kilts would do well too. These Sci-Fi crowds range from 7 to 70, and they have money, we had an art auction were folks bid up to a couple hundred bucks for original works.

There was so much UK talk, I sort of went into salesman mode for USA and Stillwater! Quite a few of the kilted folk at the panel were unaware of reasonably priced 'traditional' kilts, they are now! I handed out a bunch of fliers I made with info and some links to various online kilt sources. I think I may have got Rocky at least a couple of customers. So while I still think there is a long way to go, I left the con feeling pretty good about the future of kilt wearing!