New Kilt Wearers

[Colin]

It seems like everyday there are new members on this site and on www.kiltmen.com . This to me says that more kilt wearers are discovering these groups, and that more men are starting to wear kilts. This may mean that those of us that wear kilts are out there more and more and we are influencing people that come in contact with us. Keep up the good work guys, we are making a difference.

[Blu (Ontario)]

Interesting thought. Maybe we should take a pole. Can we do poles on this forum?

[Blu (Ontario)]

I guess we can't do poles on this forum.
Maybe we should just ask... OK Gents, How many of you have joined us or decided to start wearing a kilt after seeing someone else do it? or Alternately, was there a particular event or influence that gave you the impetus to wear a kilt outside of New Years and Robbie Burns Day?

[bubba]

My first reason was heritage and I wanted a kilt for special occasions. After hearing guys in the message boards talk about the comfort I made one to try. Now I wear kilts all the time.

[Alaskan]

I decided that I wanted a kilt based on my heritage. Actually I wanted one for a long time, but didn't know where I could acquire one. There aren't a great many kiltmakers in Alaska. Besides, I wouldn't be able to afford one if I knew where to get it.

Once I got out of college and got a job and had some extra money, I thought I would like to buy one, but still didn't know where I could acquire one. There aren't a great many kiltmakers in Japan, either. One day it hit me... "DUH, you can buy anything on the internet."

I wanted my kilt for weekend wear. I never thought of it as something I would wear for special occasions. Part of that is that in Alaska (as long as you aren't in Anchorage) nothing ever gets really fancy. Even when some people will be dressed in very nice suits and dresses for banquets and what-have-you, that is just because those people want to dress up. At the same banquet there will be just as many people in buttoned up flannel shirts.

I found www.kiltmen.com after ordering my kilt, and that site led me here. Although I had no outside influence in deciding to wear a kilt casually, reading these forums and reading the material at www.kiltmen.com did make me decide to give up pants for the summer. I'll see how far into the winter I can last before I have to switch back to pants.

[beverlonian]

See my post earlier under heading "Summer Kilting".

Whilst wearing a kilt at the works Christmas dance, I found it incredibly comfortable and wanted to continue this on a daily basis. I usually now wear a kilt whilst out walking my dog around the rural country lanes of East Yorkshire where I regularly meet others out dog-walking or rambling. Have yet to meet anyone else in a kilt though.

[Ugly Bear]

I watch a show on TechTV called ScreenSavers. One day a couple summers ago, one of the hosts, Patrick Norton, wore an olive Utilikilt on the show. No reason, just to wear it. My reaction to it was mirrored in the attitude of his co-host and the staff: they were bewildered and hostile.

By the end of that summer, they had another ScreenSavers show devoted entirely to Utilikilts. Just about everyone on the show wore a kilt, even the crew.

At that point, I started thinking it over. I thought, if wearing a skirt isn't cross-dressing, what IS it? The conclusion I reached was that the only thing that made it "wrong" was 200 years of sartorial dogma. Recognizing, confronting and breaking that dogma was the key. I ordered my first Utilikilt and, ten other kilts later, I now have enough in my wardrobe that I don't really need pants at all.

Thanks, Patrick.

[Casey]

I've had the kilt urge for 40 years, but finally got up the nerve to do it.

Thanks to Bear.

Casey

[philbo]

Well, I can't say I've been directly influential as far as getting other guys to wear kilts. Indirectly, I might be having better luck, as I'm more often approached by women when I'm out kilting, and they're the ones asking all sorts of questions. Eventually I like to lead the discussion to promoting kilt-wearing for men, which can be difficult when they're looking at me in that special way, but I try to get them to spread the word about kilts and to point any potential kilt-wearers in my direction. I don't mean to sound like I'm bragging about increased attention from females while wearing a kilt, but at least a few of you can probably imagine what sort of attention one can get while wearing a kilt. I can't say whether or not any of these women have tried to get other guys interested in kilts, (and part of me really doesn't care, because some of these women... well, that's private). Anyways, it's often much easier to talk to women about kilts than it is to talk to men about kilts. I don't know if this is true everywhere, and I'm not really complaining about all the feminine attention, but it seems that my only influence on other men so far (if any) is through other women.

[al' Sporrano]

Heritage? No. Just like 'em. Wore one a couple of years ago on stage for a concert and decided I liked wearing it so much, I bought one. Says exactly what it does on the tin.

Al