Halloween Bifurcated??

[Riverkilt]

Bear's signature line, "Kilts are garments, not costumes" is ringing loudly in my ears as Halloween looms.

I too, don't want my kilts considered a costume.

Its been three months since I've worn pants. I'm off work tomorrow and have no plans to wear any costume. Just don't want folks to think I'm in costume if I go forth kilted as usual...

So considering wearing pants tomorrow, just to avoid the costume comments and ideas.

But is that outthinking myself? Why should I abandon the common sense of kilts on Halloween for other people's ignorance? :confused:

My mind is starting to short out...smoke rising...sparks...ahhhhhh

Ron

[macwilkin]

I will be wearing my kilt tomorrow for All Hallow's Eve, but not as a costume. I am a "guest lecturer" for a Medieval History class at one of the local universities, and will be telling Scottish ghost stories.

Cheers,

Todd

"From ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go BUMP in the night, Good Lord, Deliver us!"

-- Old Scottish prayer

[Graham]

I know what you mean Ron, when I'm at a function with the Pipe Band I wonder if others think I'm "in uniform". I feel like screaming out "NO, this is an everyday garment for me!!!"

Halloween isn't an issue here, well, it's not recognised much and I don't celebrate it anyway, so I'll be kilted as normal.

[Mike n NC]

Polevaulting over mouse tuds? OCD raising it's ugly head again Ron? If you aren't going to dress-up then don't dress up, keep to your daily wear.

Mike

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

...But is that outthinking myself? Why should I abandon the common sense of kilts on Halloween for other people's ignorance? :confused:
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Ron, stop thinking about it and don't worry about what people think of what you wear. If you are going to dress up in a costume (kilted or not), do so and people will recognize it as such. For the most part, you will probably interact with the same people who have already become accustomed to you being kilted, so wearing pants is likely to make them think you are wearing a costume.

[bear]

Yes, you are out-thinking yourself.
Your kilt is a garment, no matter what others think of it. It was a garment before it was a national costume and is again becoming a garment in the public eye. It can remain a national costume and be a garment, without losing it's historical place.

I will be walking kilted with my son on his annual candy pilgrimage. His costume is Death.

What better way for people to see a kilt amongst costumes?

And so, I have my Hallowe'en blog idea.

[Riverkilt]

Thanks guys, good points.

Guess I just had one of them dang committee meetings in my head...then they reported to me what they thought...never ends...

Kilted tomorrow, Halloween be dmned.

Maybe a black kilt....??

Ron

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Thanks guys, good points.

Guess I just had one of them dang committee meetings in my head...then they reported to me what they thought...never ends...

Kilted tomorrow, Halloween be dmned.

Maybe a black kilt....??

Ron

Ron, glad we could help! And a black kilt would be completely appropriate, as would a pair of dark jeans/slacks. Pair either with an orange or other themed sweater (or shirt depending on the weather) and you have a very nice, holiday appropriate outfit.

[Andrew Breecher]

I was actually thinking the same way. If I'd gone to any Hallowe'en parties this year (which I didn't get to, because I was working) I was going to go as Shawn of the Dead - and wear trousers, just because that's part of that particular costume. I'd wear a costume as a costume, and not wear the kilt, even though that's what I'd wear any other time.

However, at work tomorrow (today - look at the time!) we were told we can wear costumes, as long as we wear our regular work shirt (I work in a restaurant, and we all have uniform shirts, but I can always wear a khaki kilt, and I do). I was at first thinking of wearing a tartan kilt instead of my UK, but after a day in the restaurant it would be covered in beer and grease and I wouldn't want to clean it. Then I thought of wearing trousers, which only my co-workers would get is a "costume" for me. I still may wear the trousers, if only for the enjoyment of my co-workers (and I can bear the misery of eight hours in trousers, if only to re-appreciate the kilts I've worn exclusively for the past two years).

Andrew.

[Wompet]

Then I thought of wearing trousers, which only my co-workers would get is a "costume" for me. I still may wear the trousers, if only for the enjoyment of my co-workers (and I can bear the misery of eight hours in trousers, if only to re-appreciate the kilts I've worn exclusively for the past two years).

If you have to, wear the trousers. Then when people ask what your costume is, tell them you're the anthropological oddity Homo bifurcatus - "Uncomfortable Man".

Gary
Kilted before work, bifurcated at work (I need a uniform kilt, darnit!)