Lederhosen and Kilts as a Costume.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 15th October 09, 05:07 PM

I think you missed the point. I wasn't talking about the formality of the events. I could have as easily suggested that "Wearing a kilt to an Oktoberfest is like wearing lederhosen to a rodeo".

**Frank McGrath** · 15th October 09, 05:19 PM

The first time I wore my kilt to a German festival, I ran into the president of the local St. Andrews Society. He was selling pretzels, If I remember correctly. My wife, of Austrian heritage, wears her dirndl to fests and I wear my kilt. Between the two of us, we meet a lot of people that otherwise we may never have met. And any way, she looks better in the dirndl than I look in the kilt.

**GDub** · 15th October 09, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

I think you missed the point. I wasn't talking about the formality of the events. I could have as easily suggested that "Wearing a kilt to an Oktoberfest is like wearing lederhosen to a rodeo".

The VAST majority of people who attend Oktoberfests wear jeans (or shorts if it's warm), t-shirts and baseball caps (I assume Highland Games and rodeos are similar). Even in Munich. I've been to many. I have family in southern Germany and have never seen any of them donning lederhosen. These days anything goes. I would (and do) wear the kilt to Oktoberfests and feel I fit in "perfectly"

There's no disrespect for the "traditional" garb wearers, just my own thing. But then again, I'm neither German nor Scottish.