wearing the kilt backward

**Raphael** · 22nd October 05, 08:43 AM

How do people manage to wear their kilts backward? I tried and I couldn't do it.

**macgreggor** · 22nd October 05, 09:01 AM

Wondered that myself. Must take a great deal of determination to do up the straps!

macG

**Jimmy Carbomb** · 22nd October 05, 09:09 AM

I've only seen them backwards a few times... and they're usually SportKilts.

I've seen UtiliKilts worn sideways NUMEROUS times. I guess the side cargo pockets make a good sporran and seat pad?! How do you spend that kind of money and mess that design up?!!!

I saw two brand new kilts at the Celtic Classic being worn backwards this year, and just about fell-down laughing.

How many toddlers will put their pants or shirts on backwards? I guess it's okay for folks that are new to kilts to be given a little slack. A simple and friendly explaination of how to wear a kilt is well in order as long as you can do it with a straight face.

**Scibaer** · 22nd October 05, 09:11 AM

a friend of mine , who is of welch descent , had his wife sew him a kilt, she pleated the thing all the way around, under the apron even .. i told him he had a nice skirt, or something for holloween nite maybe, lol ..
so i can see a bloke trying to waer it backwords, lol...
cheers

**Archangel** · 22nd October 05, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by Raphael

How do people manage to wear their kilts backward? I tried and I couldn't do it.

not too busy right now, then?

**Graham** · 22nd October 05, 04:17 PM

ask Richard Branson, he manages to do it easily enough :-?

**Jerry** · 22nd October 05, 05:18 PM

As I was leaving the Richmond games this afternoon I saw a guy (I'm guessing he might have been between 18 and 20). When I first saw him from the front, something appeared to be wrong with his kilt. As I passed by I realized what it was. It was some kind of (excuse the "S" word here) SKIRT. It had no front aprons and no pleats at all, and no taper. It was wrapped around and appeared to be fastened on the right side with Velcro. As for whether it was on backwards or not, I couldn't say. However even a Sportkilt worn backwards would have been better. I thought of taking a pic and posting it with the face blanked out, but decided against it.

**GMan** · 22nd October 05, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by JerMc

As I was leaving the Richmond games this afternoon I saw a guy (I'm guessing he might have been between 18 and 20). When I first saw him from the front, something appeared to be wrong with his kilt. As I passed by I realized what it was. It was some kind of (excuse the "S" word here) SKIRT. It had no front aprons and no pleats at all, and no taper. It was wrapped around and appeared to be fastened on the right side with Velcro. As for whether it was on backwards or not, I couldn't say. However even a Sportkilt worn backwards would have been better. I thought of taking a pic and posting it with the face blanked out, but decided against it.

Was it a tartan table cloth?

**Riverkilt** · 22nd October 05, 08:20 PM

Probably makes sense to the uneducated kilt wearer...sit on the part without the pleats, keep the pleats in good shape...

Ron

**KiltedManxman** · 22nd October 05, 09:50 PM

A few years ago at the Long's Peak Highland Games, I saw a guy wearing a cotton tartan cloth wrapped around his waist. No apron, no pleats and not much of an overlap. It appeared to be held on by a cheap belt. His torso was covered with a cheap grey sweatshirt. Soiled running shoes and low top black socks set off the ensemble. It was only moderately breezy and he was having trouble with his make-shift tartan sarong taking flight. I about fell over laughing after we got far enough away to be out of earshot. What are these guys thinking?