Same old Question....Sort of

[ABG0819]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Ok...So it's not really the same old question, that of what one is supposed to wear under a kilt. Or not. My loving beautiful wife has already decreed that I shall at all times wear undergarments beneath my kilt, and to be honest the thought of sitting on a dirty stool at the pub with out makes me queasy. However I found myself in a quandary yesterday. Is it complete hearsay to wear tartan underwear that do not match the tartan of the kilt????

Graham

[Jock Scot]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
--------- Is it complete hearsay to wear tartan underwear that do not match the tartan of the kilt????

Graham

In short, no. I suppose to be absolutely theoretically correct your underwear, if it happens to be tartan, should at least be of the same clan as the kilt, but frankly its none of any one's business what you wear under the kilt apart from , perhaps, your wife's.

You may be interested to know, in the not so distant past, when your kilt was delivered by one's kilt-maker there was always a pair,sometimes two pairs, of tartan boxer type shorts included, without being specifically ordered. I am not aware that this nice thought is included by any kilt-maker these days.

[Godot]

After seeing some of the historical pictures of socks that didn't even try to match the kilt, I'd say the more it clashes the better! haha

[Tobus]

the thought of sitting on a dirty stool at the pub with out makes me queasy

I'm trying to imagine why this would even be relevant. Underpants or not, your kilt should be the only part in contact with the small seat of a barstool.

[Nile]

I hope it's not wool tartan underwear you are talking about!

Anyway, when sitting kilted, I'm generally sitting on my kilt; therefore I'm more interested in protecting my kilt. Most pub stools, I'm sure, would only have had pants on them anyway. Though many kilt wearers don't see it this way, I would rather have a buffer zone, if you will, between me and my kilt to protect it from... stuff like sweat, drippies, etc. ... you know what I mean.

Generally, what's under the kilt is not seen so, who cares if what's under there matches or not unless, of course, your doing the Hamish or your giving the lassies a show.

Nile

[neloon]

I hope it's not wool tartan underwear you are talking about!

Nile

'Fraid is was, Nile. If you want a picture

http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-ph...ng-out-of-kilt

And, for the OP, they didn't always match as the years went by and you had more than one kilt.
Alan

[plaid preacher]

Though many kilt wearers don't see it this way, I would rather have a buffer zone, if you will, between me and my kilt to protect it from... stuff like sweat, drippies, etc. ... you know what I mean.

Sorry if this drags us off topic a little ...but .... I agree with Nile on this one and want to keep my kilt clean. There have been posts around here about rental kilts that the companies throw out because they come back in a disgusting mess. I recall a couple of years ago the Tartan Authority made a statement that wearing something under your kilt is not the cardinal sin. In an interview, the gentleman from the TA commented that one should not be scaring women and little children with what's under your kilt. Somewhere at some point I saw advertised "Command pads" that could be zipped into your kilt to protect it... but I can't find what seller had them and don't know how well they would work; although it would be great to hear from any X-Markers who might have tried them.

[neloon]

In the not so distant past when your kilt was delivered by one's kilt-maker there was always a pair,sometimes two pairs, of tartan boxer type shorts included, without being specifically ordered. I am not aware that this nice thought is included by any kilt-maker these days.

It was not so much a "nice thought" as that these undertrews were simply regarded as a standard part of Highland Dress (civilian and officer).
From about the middle 30s, they were usually separately itemised. From about the middle 80s they ceased to be available.
Alan

[Stoo]

I normally wear camo trunks/boxers, and then if anyone asks I say I am commando

[Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM]

I normally wear camo trunks/boxers, and then if anyone asks I say I am commando

Love it!