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17th August 14, 07:02 AM
#1
Women in Kilts...
I'm probably going to get flamed and called narrow minded and all that, but I find it odd to see a woman in a Kilt. I have no issues with tartan skirts or dresses, but feel Kilts are best left to the Lads and not for Lassies. To me a woman in a Kilt looks like she's wearing a shirt anyhow so wondering what's the point? Perhaps it's just me, but I find it just wrong to see a woman in a man's Kilt.
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17th August 14, 07:28 AM
#2
Ok ladies, I'm stepping aside and taking cover now.....comence....... 
Hawk
Shawnee / Anishinabe and Clan Colquhoun
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17th August 14, 08:52 AM
#3
I think women look fantastic in kilts, tartan or otherwise. Athletes, pipers, Utilikililties, steampunks, it's all equally fabulous in my book. Mini kilts however, just don't do anything for me at all.
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17th August 14, 06:24 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by ratspike
I think women look fantastic in kilts, tartan or otherwise. Athletes, pipers, Utilikililties, steampunks, it's all equally fabulous in my book. Mini kilts however, just don't do anything for me at all.
I like looking at women's legs, so mini kilts are just fine with me.
Geoff Withnell
"My comrades, they did never yield, for courage knows no bounds."
No longer subject to reveille US Marine.
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18th August 14, 12:39 PM
#5
ratspike aka Bob, I totally agree .. I think I look cute in mine and I think I wear it well.. thank u :-)
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18th August 14, 12:35 PM
#6
Lol Hawk ! I put my 2 cents in .. he didn't hurt my feelings lol, I think I wear my kilts well and I look cute in them.. will continue... :-)... I wasn't mean or any thing in my reply to his post
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17th August 14, 09:33 AM
#7
In the UK women and girls have worn kilts since it was allowable for them to show that they had legs - and probably before then on the sly.
The kilts I wore to go to school over 60 years ago (I was 5 or 6 years old) were 'hand me downs' then, and the straps were worn out so my mother converted them to fasten with buttons. They fastened on the right, as kilts are like kimonos, they don't reverse fastenings.
I have seen occasional proofs of this in old pictures, knitting patterns and films.
Naturally adult women did not show their knees, the kilts were made 27 inches long - half the 54inch width of the fabric. They were worn with petticoats, of course.
A common accessory was a knitted bolero or waistcoat, usually over a blouse, often a rather fancy one with embroidery or lace.
Somewhere I have seen a reference to little old grannies getting on busses - in Edinburgh, I think - wearing long kilts - I wish I could find it again.....
Naturally if the kilt is worn as a band uniform which was devised with men in mind the effect would be rather butch unless there are alterations made for the ladies.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
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17th August 14, 10:05 AM
#8
Gee. I just think women look great. Period.
Rev'd Father Bill White: Mostly retired Parish Priest & former Elementary Headmaster. Lover of God, dogs, most people, joy, tradition, humour & clarity. Legion Padre, theologian, teacher, philosopher, linguist, encourager of hearts & souls & a firm believer in dignity, decency, & duty. A proud Canadian Sinclair with solid Welsh and other heritage.
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17th August 14, 10:48 AM
#9
Please leave us males at least this garment for ourselves. Dear ladies you may keep your dresses and skirts. For the rest equality in everything.
With your back against the sea, the enemy can come only from three sides.
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17th August 14, 11:29 AM
#10
I don't seem to see many examples of ladies in gentlemen's kilts outside of pipe bands where equality has to trump other factors in favour of uniformity and quality of playing.
Outside of that ladies have a wider variety of choice of how to wear tartan, including the conventions of which way the apron closes.
I don't see it as a really big issue.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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