Does being a kiltie make you a "clothes horse"?

[Tobus]

I've noticed a change in my overall sense of sartorial choices since taking up kilt-wearing. And I blame all of you for it!

It started innocently enough. I bought a casual kilt with the intention of wearing it to a Renaissance Faire and elsewhere. I figured I would just wear it with other stuff I had.

Over time, though, I have accumulated quite a wardrobe of kilts, jackets, shirts, hose, sporrans, shoes, and everything else one needs to be well-outfitted for most occasions. And I've found that it not only affected my kilt-related wardrobe, but even my everyday wardrobe has changed as my tastes have changed in what I wear.

It's to the point now where my clothes take up more closet space than my wife's clothes. And I've become rather fussy about what I will wear, how I will coordinate my outfits, making sure my shoes are polished, etc. It's like I've finally "woken up" and decided that clothing is meaningful and important. She jokingly calls me a "clothes horse", which (if you are unfamiliar with the term) according to Wikipedia "refers to a person excessively or obsessively interested in clothes, often to a humorous extent".

Maybe I am! But is that a bad thing? Do you folks receive similar comments from your significant others?

[CDNSushi]

I've never heard the term... I prefer to think of myself as a part-time fashionista. (And yes, I DO have a Lookbook account)...

[Father Bill]

"Clothes horse" is a very long way from being a new term . . . and have often thought of myself that way, with one very constant exception.

While I shine my shoes carefully, maintain my clothes carefully, and try always to look my best, I do confess to a less picky trend in my morning routine since ordination:

Umm; what colour trousers shall I wear? (on Unkilted mornings, of course)
Well, what about black!
Umm; what colour shirt shall I wear?
Well, what about black!

You know! It's the "company uniform."

[TheBrus]

I'd say yes, it does turn you into a clothes horse. You start evaluating your other clothes (shirts and jackets, mostly) on how well they'd go with a kilt, for one thing.

[Spartan Tartan]

One thing I like about being in the military is I already know what I will be wearing 5 years from today and everyday between today and then. It actually keeps my wardrobe rather small. Most if my closet is filled with my few kilts and associated accessories. But my otherwise "civilian" options are extremely few. Recently, I got involved in scouting with my son and so...another uniform.

As to being a clothes horse, I am.sure my closet will far exceed my wifes when the Navy sees fit to retire me and make me choose my own clothes.

[Cygnus]

I'd say no, though being a clothes horse might make one a kiltie!

I know plenty of kilt-wearers that have very simple wardrobes and don't give much thought or concern to what they wear.

Even before I was a kilt wearer, I was a clothes horse, and I think that contributed significantly to my desire to own and wear kilts and their associated accessories.

And my "half" of the closet is also a good deal bigger than my wife's.

[davedove]

One thing I like about being in the military is I already know what I will be wearing 5 years from today and everyday between today and then. It actually keeps my wardrobe rather small. Most if my closet is filled with my few kilts and associated accessories. But my otherwise "civilian" options are extremely few. Recently, I got involved in scouting with my son and so...another uniform.

As to being a clothes horse, I am.sure my closet will far exceed my wifes when the Navy sees fit to retire me and make me choose my own clothes.

One of the first things you realize when you leave the military is that you have to start deciding what to wear each morning.

[sydnie7]

One of the first things you realize when you leave the military is that you have to start deciding what to wear each morning.

Or you just follow Reacher's example.

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[Bugbear]

It made me a clothes mouse, and worry there are many sartorial cats prowling with well sharpened claws around every corner.

[biblemonkey]

Well one certainly starts evaluating his cothing much more carefully when one begins to understand the Traditional highland Dress.

At least I did. No more Star Wars t-shirts at church for me! At least when wearing my kilt. If not, then all bets are off!