Accidental exposure

[Mel1721L]

Is ther ever a bad kilt moment? Just be careful around large stationary objects when there is a strong wind.

Yes I've noticed the kilt tends to blow upwards in even a mild wind if you walk too close to walls etc.

[Tobus]

Yes I've noticed the kilt tends to blow upwards in even a mild wind if you walk too close to walls etc.

Yep, wearing the kilt means you suddenly have a new appreciation for how the wind moves around objects. Certain areas between buildings can be wind tunnels, and other areas can have strange vortices that make the pleats fly.

Personally, though, I've never had the problem of "exposure" whilst wearing a traditional kilt. Even in 45-mph gusts that were blowing over tables and making vendor tents strain at their moorings (as it were), the weight of a full-yardage kilt doesn't seem to be an issue. Yes, the pleats will move around some, and may even lift up in a bellows-style dance. And spectators may get a view of my upper thigh, and perhaps even a cheek or two. But all the movement of the kilt is around the pleated sides and back. The aprons don't tend to move, especially with a sporran in place. So I never worry about exposure from wind. If I'm ever in winds high enough for that to happen, I'm thinking I'll have other concerns that outweigh it.

Falling down, though, is something that always scares me in a kilt. The one time I fell -over-teakettle in a kilt, thankfully, was out on a hiking trail where the only witness was my wife and her horse. She laughed so hard she cried. And if I'm honest, I think her horse laughed too.

[GreenDragon]

My worst moment was standing outside a store with my brother. Some dudes drover by and yelled "Fa_!!" (Not the version that means "cigarette" either) Very mad at that moment. Wasn't embarassed.

[KentuckyCeltophile]

My worst moment was standing outside a store with my brother. Some dudes drover by and yelled "Fa_!!" (Not the version that means "cigarette" either) Very mad at that moment. Wasn't embarassed.

Must have been a red neck.

[Norbo]

well I normally don't go regimental but at a show last month as I was asked so many times if I was I nipped to my van and did . There was a bloke filming the bikes and as he passed by me I flashed my at my friend who were just going out on a bike ride in a group just for a largh . Didn't notice the bloke at the time . So some were on you tube or at least on his compute is me mooning my mates.

I normally tell people when they ask, "I don't like it flapping about and knocking in to my knees,

[Kiltedingeorgia]

Waiting to checkout at the Home Depot. They have a very large ceiling fan that is like a wind tunnel. Well, both my hands were full and the breeze next to the register from the fan lifted my Kilt. Glad I had on underwear, which I usually do. I just shook it off. I wear less at the beach.. (speedo).

[TomFromBama]

My worst moment was standing outside a store with my brother. Some dudes drover by and yelled "Fa_!!" (Not the version that means "cigarette" either) Very mad at that moment. Wasn't embarassed.

Says more about them than you.

[Mel1721L]

My worst moment was standing outside a store with my brother. Some dudes drover by and yelled "Fa_!!" (Not the version that means "cigarette" either) Very mad at that moment. Wasn't embarassed.

In the UK a fag is a cigarette but I know the American meaning. To me they just displayed their ignorance, though I'd have probably been angry too.

[CeilidhDoc]

I wore my kilt to the Tesla factory tour when I picked up my car. Part of the tour involved walking up a steep flight of steps with metal grating and then walking over a sort of metal catwalk and then down the other side. One can see up through the grating from the factory floor, and I am sure that any of the group members behind me on the stairs that looked up would have had a surprising view as well.

Not horrible, but that was probably my worst exposure moment. On the plus side, I got a ton of thumbs ups from the employees working in the factory for seeing a man in a kilt there.

I am a strictly regimental kilt wearer though (for why you can read my post on another thread about my experience in St. Andrews) so I am sure someday I may have worse despite my best efforts.

Slàinte!

[McMurdo]

One night out at a pub a drunk know it all gent was talking about his military experience and how they were always regimental. He then decided to check if I was in front of 20 or so people mixed girls and guys. I was regimental at the time. He held the apron up and I then told him to let go of my kilt. These days if I know there will be children around I cover up otherwise I gage each situation as they come up.