What brought you to wearing a kilt?

[Rogerson785]

I started wearing a kilt last year about the same time as this thread was started. I always knew that I had some sort of European ancestry etc..; however I thought it was more Nordic, Scandinavian, and not Scottish. I did some research and low and behold there are quite a few Rogerson’s in the Dumfries area.

My first two kilts were from Stillwater, one from Sports Kilt, and then a USA from Rocky for the 2008 US Army Signal Ball.

[BroosterB1]

Believe it or not, a wedding. I had always thought kilts were cool, just never had the opportunity to ask, think, or wear one. Then about 8 months ago, I was asked to do a wedding, to fill in for a minister who had stuff come up and couldn't do it. In the course of planning out the wedding it became apparent that the couple wanted a Scottish Wedding. I did some research and came up with a nice ceremony that had many Scottish customs Incorporated into it.

The couple was delighted, but kept not speaking about something, till the bride spit it out. This was their dream to be in a Scottish wedding they had seen a lot of pictures, and would it be possible for me to wear a Kilt? They would gladly pay for the rental. I said of course I would.

I did some further research (this was before I found X-marks) and found a gentleman out of Pakistan where I could buy a clerical kilt for about the same as the rental (I found out later I could have bought the thing from FC for 2/3rds what I paid to the Pakistani supplier). Since then the bug has bit, hard.

I now own 6 kilts with one on the way (I prefer to think of that one as in gestation, no use jonesing over it). My last kilt convinced me of the merits of wool, my next on will probably convince me of the merit of a hand sewn, and so it goes. I still wear my first kilt.

My wife thinks I'm crazy, almost hit the switch yesterday when I was doing yard work in my Buzz Kidder. I've gone from having never worn one to wearing one when ever I can. This Sunday the church is having a Celtic Celebration, and of course I will be kilted.ith: