Kilt Modesty Rant

[EagleJCS]

It is quite common for pipe band members to wear their kilt over shorts. That way, they can wear their shorts to & from the contest without wrinkling their kilt. They can also remove the kilt if they want to move around 'incognito' (though most people know they're in a band 'cause of the the shirt/tie/hat combo).

Personally, I don't feel comfortable wearing a kilt without some sort of undergarment. (I have a slight allergic reaction to wearing wool).

[Johnston]

being a fat guy, I prefer black briefs under my kilt, simply to avoid my flab chafing and the like.

on a side note, I have seen shorts hanging down below the underwear on punk kids and the like, but I don't think I have ever seen the underbritches hanging out 'below' the shorts.

AJ

[TheOfficialBren]

I was referring to people actually walking around the Games with their kilt worn over shorts that are cut below the knee. Heaven forbid that one of those young mens' friends see them kilted! They'll usually be found squawking that their "dad made me [them] wear the kilt."

Usually the teens/young 20s crowd of boys who are entirely too self-conscious and abhor standing out.

I ALWAYS wear skivvies. Do what you like but in my book going regimental is just not done. Dark underpants only.

Edited at 2100 to add a point of clarification:
I never have and never will wear shorts under my kilt. When I do a thing I commit to it fully and completely. I wear my kilt proudly.

[Nathan]

I ALWAYS wear skivvies. Do what you like but in my book going regimental is just not done. Dark underpants only.

Do what you like, but given that I started wearing a kilt while affiliated with a Regiment, I'll agree to disagree...

[The Wizard of BC]

I tend to approach this topic from a different slant.

To start - Guys often bring their ladies with them when they come to my shop and it is not unusual for the topic of "The Question" to come up. Guys have heard about this, but don't really know, so they often ask.

And every single time the response from the women is the same.

They want the mystery, not the fact.

I have never met a women who wanted to be faced with the fact while out in public.

[Norbo]

First welcome to the forum . Personally I normally put on tight black pants I like to keep thins held in cant do with boxers and my junk as you put it flopping about . Having said that I was asked about 20 times last Sunday while at a bike show am I full Scottish under the kilt. So for a laugh and for the first time I nipped back to the van and went full Scottish. In the course of the day and having been asked a further 20 odd times by almost every one I talked to including several lady's who stopped me to take a picture of me with there phone.

It may not be the done thing but as its just a bit of fun I think I must have flashed my bare but about 4 times during the day to show I was full Scottish . LOL it was a fun day. Would a were shorts no I would not its to bloody hot under all that cloth as it is .

[tpa]

And every single time the response from the women is the same.

They want the mystery, not the fact.

I have never met a women who wanted to be faced with the fact while out in public.

As indeed I believe it is for most men with regard to women, at least in public.

[Lodrorigdzin]

Shirts were longer, I believe:

here are some by Old Town UK, who make very nice clothes. Also look at the trousers: pretty high waisted
http://www.old-town.co.uk/products/pullonshirt.htm

[Dixiecat]

I had to read that post several times to understand what in the world the OP was getting at.

For one, it's really none of your business what someone does or doesn't wear under their kilt. For two, what the heck has eye candy got to do with anything? I'm sure you can understand that showing cleavage is not the same as showing your genitals and if a man who is unused to wearing a kilt, decides to wear something to preserve his modesty and from being reported to the police for indecent exposure, I would not castigate him in a public forum as you are doing.

And for three, why insult one of our members for commenting on your post when you didn't identify where you had seen this behaviour and then proceed to ask general questions regarding said behaviour?

[Riverkilt]

Methinks it is all common sense. Obviously I prefer to allow the bits to hang free as Creator intended - much healthier and all that. BUT...if I'm going to be around little kids, or at work then discretion is important and I've come to prefer black Under Armour that is nearly as long as the kilt. Sadly, I've been falsely accused of revealing too much when in fact I was wearing underwear. I chalk it up to the lady's wishful thinking. I've been most grateful I was wearing underwear a few times at work. Discretion, and attention to the event at hand works for me.