Am I losing my love affair with kilts?!

[7 miles]

KILT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whenever possible.

[Kilted Archer]

I don't think this is really that big of a problem. You are jut being reasonable. Call me a heretic if you must, but the kilt is not the best garment for every situation.

It's clothing, not a religion.

Again to me Kilts are clothing not a lifestyle choice. Limiting yourself to only wearing kilts is no different than those that only wear pants. It's all a personal choice.

I think these two comments really sum it up for me. I think I may have been taking wearing kilts a little more seriously than I realized. It's just a clothing choice. Wear it when it's appropriate and I'll simply wear other things when appropriate. I already wear bike shorts for cycling, nylon quick drying shorts for kayaking, and long pants for bushwhacking. I can always put the kilt on later when it comes time to relax and sit down with a cold one. Thanks everybody for your varying perspectives.

[Streetcar]

The phrase "Familiarity breeds contempt" springs to mind.

I used to love putting on a suit and tie. I liked how I looked, I liked how people looked at me, I liked how I felt matching different shirt and time combinations.

With my current assignment, I have to wear a suit and tie every day. I don't loathe it, but I'm sure tired of it.

Nothing wrong with taking a break from the kilt. It's not magic, it doesn't have feelings and you are not betraying some code by admitting it's not the best thing to wear in every situation.

[george7]

My suggestion: Buy a real kilt.

[Alaskan Kilted Guy]

Suggestion: Buy kilts you like, wear them when you feel it's appropriate or comfortable for your situation, and don't worry what people think. Real kilt, modern, semi-traditional, or whatever they are called.

If you don't feel like it don't wear it. Like some have said earlier it is a choice, not necessarily a lifestyle.

Oh and don't worry about the kilt police.....it's all mind over matter. Pay them no mind, because they don't matter.

[Jack Daw]

One caveat, Zookeeper: If you give up the kilt entirely, the XMTS moderators will probably kick your butt right outta here. Forewarned.

[Ancienne Alliance]

And it does feel good to be anonymous, just to blend in... incognito ! ...once in a while. Just get those stares off ya and relax a bit.

In a sense we are lucky : We don't have to wear sunglasses. If we want to become invisible, we just dress differently ... This can be fun !

Hey ! Did I fool you ! I'm not wearing my kilt today !

[turpin]

I don't ever plan to become a full time kiltie.

If you think about it, "Full-Time" for work purposes is about 2200 hours a year. So the idea of kilting 365, all day, is just a bit too much. As Panache has said elsewhere, kilts are a fashion choice, not a fashion imperative. I have fallen prey to the "all kilts all the time" syndrome myself, and only recently bought my first pair of pants in well over a year and a half. I have become so established in my kilt at work I'd end up with all kinds of questions if I showed up in pants, yet I'm moving towards a more balanced approach. I went from 0 to 60 opractically overnite and just need to dial it back a bit.

[Kiltman]

I'm coming to the realization that maybe the garment of choice of my ancestors simply isn't the best choice for every occasion. Anybody else struggle with these issues?

Yes, I wear a kilt when I want to and don't when I don't want to wear one or it would be inappropriate. I just want the right to wear one, that's all.

[James MacMillan]

Several things that seperate my life style and yours.

I am a real full-time kilt wearer and have been for several years. The only pants that I still have are three pair of old jeans that I just can't yet just throw away, but I don't wear them; they just sit on the shelf in the closet. (maybe I should cut them apart and make an X-Kilt!)

I'm retired, and wear what I want. I do "deal" with the public in many of my volunteer activities, and I do not receive any bad feedback.

I do not wear anything other than the traditional looking Scottish Attire. The only non-traditional kilt that I own is a solid black casual kilt that I have worn three times with a Hawaiian shirt, when I went to a Hawaiian theme party.

I always wear tartan kilt, hose, garters, sgian dubh, sporran, kilt belt and often a Scottish style hat. I have none of the problems you mentioned.

I have somewhere around 45 kilts right now: about 10 tanks, 15 casuals, and 15 knock-around kilts. I have something like 12 kilt jackets.

I feel I have Scottish attire for any event or occasion. Gardening, puttering in the garage, boating, golf, hiking, fishing, formal, semi-formal, casual, church or bar-hopping and more – everything I do, I do in a kilt. The family, friends, fraternity brothers, neighbors, fellow volunteers and the general public haven’t seen me in a pair of pants for a very long time. I have friends and acquaintances, who have never seen me in anything but a kilt.

I wear the kilt in the best, most respectful way that I know how. Actually, I dress much better now than I ever did in my pants days.

I am not saying that I find anything wrong with the non-traditional kilts, but they just aren’t for me. I have toyed with the idea of getting a utilikilt or clone to wear while I putter around with a hobby, or when I am just doing something in my half of the garage. (My wife insists that she must park her car in the garage, so I only get to use half.)

I think you need to get three of four casual tartan kilts and start wearing them! But wear them in the Scottish style..... I think you will see a difference.