Fashion Tragedy

[Inchessi]

Due to the nature of my work, I end the day looking as though I finished a game of rugby on a muddy field. I also have to wear apparel that is OSHA quality, loosely translated: Durable and uncomfortable. At the end of the day I enjoy a hot shower and a sharp razor. I want to kick back in comfortable clothes and enjoy a cold beverage. If my lawn doesn't need dire attention. I tried to convince my Fiance that it was a reclamation project. That didn't fly, I digress:

Comfortable clothes:

Now the problem starts. My warm weather choice of shirts tend to be silk rockabilly shirts. If you are unfamiliar with this style, I have a link:
http://www.daddyos.com/retro/april1.html
They drape rather than cling, and they breath well. For those of you who enjoy food, and your Adonis style body sports a manly keg as opposed to a boys six pack, like mine. They tend to draw the eye away from the Furniture Disease and towards your dashing personality. For the record, Furniture Disease is when your chest falls into your drawers.

As for the lower extremities, for me, nothing beats a kilt and Goldbond's Triple Formula. I learned about Goldbond while marching around the world carrying way too much weight at the request of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. Best advice I ever received. Nothing beats a cool gentle breeze embracing your skin like a pining lover.

The two mesh as well as a slipping in a Paul Simon song in on your Death Metal work out music. I have a VERY diverse music collection. I am off to find that flattering and comfortable shirt that compliments the kilt as well as give the impression to your skin that it is nestled in luxury.

[wildrover]

Is there a distinction between that and a "bowling" shirt? Anyway, I LOLd ...a great demonstration that it's not about what you say, rather it's how you say it.

Good luck with the shirt hunt ...

[toadinakilt]

Like this guy in a kilt... yikes, what a horrible mental image. I'm gonna go wash my brain out with Lysol now.

I should mention that my brother routinely wears a guayabera with his UK, and somehow pulls it off.

[BoldHighlander]

I like the Dickies short sleeved work shirts. Very comfortable & come in a multitude of colours. They have other styles that might work too.

[be da veva]

I see no problem with looking like your are stepping off a rugby field....;)

[bchunter]

Shoot, go for it brother. I too hold a keg rather than a paultry six pack, and I love those double-extra-loose sizes. Like my dear Dad used to say, "you can always put on enough to stay warm, but you can't always take off enough to be cool."

[Inchessi]

Bowling shirts tend to be cotton, and they hang off the body like a lackadaisical teen with no desire to work or have bearing. They also lack the haughty pretension of Rockabilly. I shall attempt an image:
Bowling


Rockabilly:


I don't see how you could not immediately notice the profound difference. For those who are sarcastically impaired, I tried to find two shirts identical. Neither shirt goes well with a kilt.

Maybe it could, however, I always tuck in collared shirts. If either shirt is tucked, it looses it's breathable aspects. Also like Linen, if you glance at it sideways, it wrinkles. Tucking only exacerbates this.

[Tobus]

Heh, I went through a phase several years ago where I was wearing silk or polyester 'rockabilly' shirts too. They're still in my closet. Most of them had fancy/loud designs on them. Like a tribal design across the chest, or a Chinese dragon across the back.

I cannot imagine those going very well with a kilt. But to each his own! Some people can make almost anything look good.

[Inchessi]

I tried this to see how it would work. I did not put on the works, just the shirt and the kilt. I do not remember when I started wearing these shirts, I did stop for a while. I was overjoyed when Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men started wearing them. It meant the market would start carrying them and competition would open up new markets, and cheaper prices.

When I used to find them on Coronado Island, they ran close to $100. That was in the late 80's. I have found them in the market area in the Peabody Hotel, above $120. That was still fifteen years ago when I worked for a living. Now I can find them at Kohl's for $20 on sale.

[Riverkilt]

You can get Aloha shirts in silk - go well with contemporary kilts too. Most comfy.