Hello from North Carolina

**ccook** · 18th March 15, 09:48 AM

Thank you WillowEstate, I had actually looked over that thread before joining. I wanted to put my best foot forward for the first time I wore a kilt to work. For the most part, I never dress up. I typically feel weird an uncomfortable in dress slacks, or even khakis for that matter. Jeans and t-shirt, with a hoody and ball cap. So even the casual day wear photos in that thread were what I would consider dressed up. Its not that I don't like the look of a button down with a tie and a waste coat, with pants or kilt. I think that they look sharp, and I would love to be that dapper. I just feel very uncomfortable both physically and mentally. The kilt i was wearing in the photo linked earlier in this thread was a gift many years ago from a friend that made Renn Faire clothing and is essentially a really long bolt of fabric, too long actually, that i have to pleat to wear. I have never been able to get a satisfactory pleat with it. But I wanted to look nice for work, so I chose that over a utility style kilt, which is what I wear when I am kilted.
I am saving for a wool 5 yard semi-traditional in US Army tartan. My service as well as the 3 generations before me is something that I am proud of so I want to show that. I can trace back to WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, 1st Gulf, Bosnia, and me in Iraq.

**woodysjames** · 19th March 15, 04:10 AM

Welcome from Rowan County, NC! You aren't far away. I used to deliver radiology supplies to your neck of the woods. Got some good friends at Bragg.

**JohntheBiker** · 19th March 15, 05:39 AM

Welcome from Toronto!

**MacRob** · 19th March 15, 06:02 AM

Welcome from Cleveland County. Come to the Loch Norman Highland Games in April where you can find out a lot about kilts and how to wear them and some times how NOT to wear them!

**Hawk** · 19th March 15, 09:06 AM

Welcome to the XMTS Community, fellow Veteran.......

Hawk

**Mike_Oettle** · 19th March 15, 12:57 PM

Hi, Chris, and welcome to X Marks from the bottom end of Africa.
Regards,
Mike

**MacKenzie** · 19th March 15, 02:01 PM

Greetings and welcome!

**Gibtron** · 19th March 15, 02:23 PM

Howdy Chris, I was just on vacation in NC and wore a kilt the entire time. Great state very friendly. Welcome to the great rabble.

**ccook** · 19th March 15, 04:14 PM

I am a transplant to NC, but I find that I really like the people and the weather is far better than my home state of MI. I am looking forward to the games and festival season to kick off really soon. This will be my 3 yr old son's first time to experience them, so I am pretty excited for him, and he will be in his first kilt, and we will be building his accessories so he can look good while doing it.