Why do you wear your kilt?

[Ugly Bear]

Though I enjoy performing, the first thing I want to do after an event is get out of the kilt and into something more comfortable. I usually prefer to avoid the discomfort I feel wearing it about, getting the stares and having to explain to everyone what it is I am doing wearing a kilt. Sadly, most of the culture around here thinks the same, piper or not, and kilts only emerge from the moth balls when there is some sort of local event to attend.

It's no wonder you don't like wearing your kilt outside of piping events: it's your work uniform. Probably heavy, probably scratchy, which doesn't work well in Birmingham in any season. Probably expensive and hard to replace, too; I'm guessing you're afraid of getting it ripped or stained while you're out.

Get another kilt. Get something lighter and cheaper, not necessarily even in tartan. There's a big difference. You'll see.

Now, after joining this forum, I have been considering the possiblity of wearing my kilt again casually, and I was wondering, what motivates the rest of you kiltophiles to wear your kilt?

After 33 years in trousers, the boys needed a break. And 'cause no one can stop me.