Kilt as just another part of your wardrobe

[ElCabong]

I wear kilts almost all the time(Being retired helps...). Sometimes, I throw on some jeans and boots - and Stetson, of course. I wear suits infrequently, as when I must break in to the County Courthouse. I wear boots and a bolo with the Italian suits.

That used to get comments at work: (Male Co-worker) "OMG! You are wearing a bolo? I like them, but at work? I wouldn't have the cajonies to wear a bolo to work with a suit!" (Me, not knowing just what to say...) "Well, I wear mine around my neck."

But, the kilt is my favorite. I feel like I belong in them. I dress up or down, for whatever occasion, but I always wear a the accessories that help distinguish the kilt from a skirt. I find that it is always worth the effort to kilt up. I usually have at least one interesting conversation with strangers that would not have taken place if I were in jeans or a suit. And, I give out lots of vendor cards and direct many folks to X-Marks.

Last summer, my wife (Room2ndFloor) and I drove to Georgia and back. We were gone for 26 days, and I wore a kilt every day except the day of the estate hearing. We had many conversations with nice people all across the country. None of those conversations would have taken place if I had been wearing more "normal" attire.

I regard the kilt as Steinbeck regarded Charlie: An ambassador and ice-breaker. The kilt breaks the ice with folks just as dogs and kids do. The kilt is everyday clothes, for whatever event.

Ciao! - Stephen

[The Q]

For those of us not involved with the law or the USA, what may I ask is a BOLO, if I type that in all I get is a clothing company!!

[tripleblessed]

Last summer, my wife (Room2ndFloor) and I drove to Georgia and back. We were gone for 26 days, and I wore a
kilt every day except the day of the estate hearing.

Wait a minute. You drove all the way here and didn't even stop by to say howsyamomnem? And you play banjo and didn't come to a jam? I've
checked with everybody, and we're just all insulted as all gitout. You'll never work in this town again

On a more serious note outfit looks great, and I bet the conversations were good. Georgia would not have survived without the Scots, so
everybody native more than three generations has Scots lines. And just about anybody in Georgia more than that is kin either to me or somebody
I'm kin to.

[tripleblessed]

For those of us not involved with the law or the USA, what may I ask is a BOLO, if I type that in all I get is a clothing company!!

Bolo w/o all caps. Western/cowboy style neckwear. http://www.theoldwestgallery.com/bolo-ties/ The west being less formal and more practical, this
was the result. Many wear them for any occasion a normal necktie would be expected, with suit and boots, you're dressed for church or dance.

[lschwartz]

Here is a Google image search that will give you some more ideas of what they look like and the wide variety of styles foe rthe slider. I guess you could use a clan badge as the slider if you wanted to, and if you knew your clan affiliation. As you will see, you can wear it with the slider all the way up like a necktie if your collar is buttoned or down lower at the point where your shirt makes a V if you are wearing it with an open collar.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bolo...sAQIUg#imgrc=_

Larry

Bolo w/o all caps. Western/cowboy style neckwear. http://www.theoldwestgallery.com/bolo-ties/ The west being less formal and more practical, this
was the result. Many wear them for any occasion a normal necktie would be expected, with suit and boots, you're dressed for church or dance.

[Shedlock2000]

I wear kilts every day -- or nearly everyday. When I wear them, it depends upon where I am and what I am doing! I like to wear them down a lot:



But I really like the two socks scrunched look too. Trouble is, they can be too hit in the summer and I don't like it if they slip down into the boot!

[ElCabong]

Wait a minute. You drove all the way here and didn't even stop by to say howsyamomnem? And you play banjo and didn't come to a jam? I've
checked with everybody, and we're just all insulted as all gitout. You'll never work in this town again

On a more serious note outfit looks great, and I bet the conversations were good. Georgia would not have survived without the Scots, so
everybody native more than three generations has Scots lines. And just about anybody in Georgia more than that is kin either to me or somebody
I'm kin to.

I hope I did the quote thing correctly...

Well, we went to Columbus, which is where our task lay. Room2ndFloor spent a lot of her childhood there as an Army Brat. If she has a home town, Columbus is it. As an Air Force Brat, I never acquired a home town, but my father grew up in Wilkes County, before he joined the Eagle Squadron and went to England to fly Spitfires.
Next time, we will go back to Washington GA, where there is a lot of Armstrong history waiting for us to behold.
Last summer, we were on a budget, and, because the business we were attending to didn't go anywhere near as planned, our schedule got tighter, as well. Also, I didn't travel with the banjo. I had the Rainsong 12-string along. If we fly, instead of drive, next trip, I will bring a uke. I would love to meet y'all and do some jamming.

Can't wait to get back to Country's BBQ. And, dang! I wish there were a Cracker Barrel near here. Closest one is in Idaho.

Well, we're fixin' to eat supper, directly. Besides being good with textiles, Room2ndFloor is an expert cook!

Ciao! - Stephen

[Richrail]

Shedlock2000 What tartan is the Blue kilt that is wonderful?

[javankrona]

I wear kilts every day -- or nearly everyday. When I wear them, it depends upon where I am and what I am doing! I like to wear them down a lot:

But I really like the two socks scrunched look too. Trouble is, they can be too hit in the summer and I don't like it if they slip down into the boot!

It's the best I like!!!

[Luke MacGillie]

Yes the tartan kilt is indeed very much a part of my wardrobe as a Scottish Highlander, but then so is my morning suit, shooting suit, dinner suit, lounge(business) suit, farm clothes, sports jacket, blazer and so on. There is a time and place to wear each and any of the items on the list and it is having the knowledge and discretion to make the right choices of attire to fit the event that is the trick.

I would no more choose an item of clothing to wear "just for fun" or for the "look at me" factors that I fear many on this website appear to consider so important. The comfort factor is just a red herring too, all that is needed is to get your clothes fitted properly and that really does not necessarily mean a bespoke option either. Anyway, these showing off type thoughts have just not entered into my mind since the age of 15 or so.

However, wearing the appropriate attire to a particular event does not mean that fun cannot be had whilst being there. This is where, for obvious reasons I think, you chaps outwith these shores fail to understand the "Scottish Cringe Factor"(S.C.F.) when I and others here question your kilt attire choices. If it gives you chaps over there any comfort there are many within Scotland these days, mainly guided by hire companies I am sorry to say, who fail to understand the finer points of when, where, why and how to wear Highland attire------or not----- or any form of attire, for that matter.

Jock,

I wonder if what your experiencing is a uniquely Scottish reaction, or is it universal to those cultures that still have some form of ethnic dress? Is there the same sort of cultural drift in traditional Indian, Arab or the various Asian cultures clothing as they have moved to various parts of the world?

I do seriously wonder, but I admit that I had a somewhat humorous thought of a Jacques Écossais not being happy about how there are tuques being worn all across Canada by people with no connection to the French naval tradition, and it colors other than red!