As stated before, it is my goal to get Utilikilts in front of everyone's eyes in the Phoenix area. I have designed weekend kilt walks for just that purpose, there are two shopping malls in the Phoenix area that I will cover twice a month and four other malls I will hit once a month just to raise the public's awareness of kilts in the 21st century.

I'm over six feet tall and sort of difficult to miss if you know what I mean. I also walk a little faster than the crowd and pass people in the mall so I can purposely get my pleats waving in front of them.

The other night I was at the grocery store getting milk and as I was trying to leave the milk area had a "confrontation" with a man with a grocery cart. Regardless of which way I tried to go, he and I always seemed to get in the way of each other so finally I said "excuse me" and headed off in another direction. After I left I heard him ask someone else, "WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS THAT??"

My hope is that people will go home and be curious enough to check the web. Perhaps they will learn you don't need to be Scottish to be comfortable.

The funny thing is, I have been out in my kilt and I know three other guys in the Phoenix area who are out in their kilts and yet I never see them.....so therein lies the reality of the situation....us kilted guys are few and far between.

On the other hand, there was a report of some guy waiting for a bus at 75th Avenue and Bell about a month ago wearing a Utilikilt and I know it wasn't me so there are more guys out there......I just hope it continues to grow.


Phil in Phoenix