A slip for your kilt

[freddie]

Sorry, I wear The Kilt only.

[tpa]

You're already wearing a 'skirt', so I can't see why no one has ever tried this... I don't have shirt tails that long, and why dirty your shirt? Sometimes the kilt is itchy so the liner is a god send for me
@tpa they re stock all the time, or just search ebay for 'M&S slip 23"' and someone will be selling them... or go to M&S and buy direct from source

I was only inquiring out of interest and possibly future reference. I have had "kilt liners" in one form or another for the best part of 60 years as I am mildly allergic to wool. Started by pining handkerchiefs front and back but had to resort to purpose made items when I outgrew them. I suspect the reason you don't hear much about them is that most people do not feel the need to discuss their underwear on a forum but just get on with wearing whatever they are comfortable with. The only reason I've entered this thread is because this is a forum primarily aimed at providing useful information related to kilt wearing and I have quite a lot of experience in this area as a result of my allergy.

For reference, the only slip I have found which did not require any modification, other than shortening and/or frill removal was one labelled Berkertex from Littlewoods, which I bought more years ago than I care to think about. It is 100%polyester, and is the one in most use. Silk is the most comfortable, but durability and cost are issues. Sometime ago the Wizard of BC said in a post on this forum that a similar result could be obtained from cutting up an old T-shirt. As my sewing skills, or lack of, do not extend to sewing elastic into a garment, I have not tried this, but it is certainly an economic alternative. The elastic is cheap enough, old T-shirts plentiful and also easy to dye to your chosen colour; all you need is time and skill.

[tpa]

Sorry, I wear The Kilt only. Wearing a slip underneath it is a bit too feminin for me

I can quite understand that sentiment, however needs must and after all women only wear them for a reason, either protection from the skirt material or to let it hang better, the same reason that better quality mens' suit trousers are often lined and I dare say you would not object to wearing lined trousers, other than they are bifurcated!

I'm surprised that hire shops don't attach removable button on linings to all their hire kilts, along with a couple of stitches so they will know if they have been removed. It would be much easier to launder the linings.

It is said that a lady never accidentally exposes her underwear, the same should be true for a gentleman, so who is to know, other than members of this forum?

[slohairt]

Something in cotton or a cotton blend would be nice. I agree that the rental industry would certainly benefit from this - especially if a new slip/liner was provided with each rental. (No one wants to wear rented, albeit washed undies! )

[GG]

For this purpose I have just bit the bullet and bought me some circular sk…s, often also referred to as skater sk…s.



This one is, contrary to the “authorized kilt liners” wide, really wide, around three yards, and accordingly much more like a kilt than are they. It has an elastic waist and is made of a jersey fabric that you’ll find in a lot of men’s underwear or sport clothes. It goes into the washing machine like these. Nothing feminine per se therefore about that, imho. It is just open, roomy underwear; when worn under a kilt and to be seen by nobody. And it fulfills its purpose: protecting my non-washable kilts from me.

The length is in size large 18’ (46 cm). As it can be worn at the hips, it can effectively be “longer” compared to your kilt.

I paid what equals $12-13.

Many shops sell these things; some of them might also have a zipper on the back but the elastic waist makes them flexible.

PS. For two years I have had difficulties in writing on this forum. I could sign into it, and I was welcomed. But when I tried to write, I was in most cases met with a message that I had to sign in before I could write. Last week my computer broke down, and I have a new one. It seems that now I can.

[Bill aka Mole]

I've recently had my gallbladder removed. For those that have not been bothered with this, it creates some rather emergent conditions to find the facilities as your body adjusts. So far, dark colored boxer briefs have been my back up of choice but I have been thinking of just buying some tee shirts and altering them by hacking off the shoulder area and securing in a piece of elastic. No one wants nor needs a smelly kilt.

[thecompaqguy]

I can quite understand that sentiment, however needs must and after all women only wear them for a reason, either protection from the skirt material or to let it hang better, the same reason that better quality mens' suit trousers are often lined and I dare say you would not object to wearing lined trousers, other than they are bifurcated!

I'm surprised that hire shops don't attach removable button on linings to all their hire kilts, along with a couple of stitches so they will know if they have been removed. It would be much easier to launder the linings.

I used to hate the lining in posh trousers... it does make sense to line a kilt, and hire shops could think of that but I guess it's too much aggro for them

[Jack Daw]

I wear both kilt-liners and the very long T-shirts mentioned before. And, when I'm feeling extra manly, I wear a long hairshirt laced with barbed-wire. Variety is the spice of life.

[auld argonian]

I always get a kick out of the way that this topic pops up so regularly.

I am also always reminded of the old story, "the Americans spent a million dollars developing a ballpoint pen that could write in outer space….the Russians just used a pencil".

Okay…you can go find special shirts with tails down to your knees OR some special "slip" that somebody wants to sell you for $$$$ OR you can start re-tailoring t-shirts or women's skirts or undergarments…OR you can just go to walmart/kmart/target/whatever and pick up a three pack of dark boxers for under $10.

If it really doesn't matter what you may or may not have on under your kilt….and THAT gets discussed ad nauseum here…what's the difference?

Best,

AA

[tpa]

If it really doesn't matter what you may or may not have on under your kilt….and THAT gets discussed ad nauseum here…what's the difference?AA

The difference is how what you wear makes you feel and what you find comfortable. It is actually no one else's business. If asked the question by a male, I have been known to say "At what age did you start to become interested in other men's underwear?" usually with a . The main issue for me is wearing a kilt if you have a wool allergy and I think that is relevant to other members of the forum. The reason it comes up so often is that there are new forum members and it is not easy to select the correct search terms to find old threads on any given topic. Even putting in the topic heading does not always get you there.