Ever feel like it's just too much effort...

[GlassMan]

Even when I wore pants I always dressed up (slacks, nice shirt, dress shoes) so I guess not much has changed for me when I wear kilts.

The only time I had it easy for a choice of clothing was when I was in the fire department and I just put on a clean uniform.

[furrycelt]

This is exactly why I want either a Bear Kilt or a UtiliKilt. Something that I can treat like a pair of jeans and not think about footware, or colors, or hanging neatly, or getting dirty. I want a kilt that I can treat just like a pair of jeans.

My tank by itself isn't hard too put on, just 3 buckles and the belt... and then the sporran which I have to weave the chain thru the belt's sporran-chain-loops, and make sure everything is settled and squre... Yeah, even the modern tank is more work than jeans. And my other kilts are historical repro's, 2 of which are great kilts. It is quite a routine to put those on.

Dang, I really want another kilt now that I am thinking more about it!!... I just can't decide. I can't afford to by a Bear Kilt and a UtiliKilt at the same time. Both are quite different. I can't decide which I want first.

All that aside Brian, I am of the opinion that you don't always have to worry about coordinating shirts and socks and all everytime you wear a kilt. I have worn my tank with no socks, sandals, and a t-shirt.

-ian

[starbkjrus]

I too feel this way sometimes. I'm getting a little better about it but since I can't wear my kilts to work to wear a kilt to happy hour or even the grocery on a week night first I"d have to go home and change and then go back out. Too much trouble for me so I end up wearing a kilt mostly when we are going out for the evening or some sort of "special" event.

We are going on our yearly "escape the cold" cruise next month and plan on being kilted most of the trip (unlike some I don't swim in a kilt :grin: ) . Maybe that experience will make it a little more "automatic" to get dressed in a kilt outfit rather than just tossing on jeans or shorts.

[MacMullen]

Sometimes the kilt takes less time and trouble than putting on trousers. The other day my daughter missed the school bus, so I had to get up, get dressed, and go as fast as I could to drive her to school. I threw on the kilt and a sweatshirt, pulled on a pair of my black casual hose, slipped on my shoes, and I was out the door.

If I'm doing anything where I'll be seen, then it takes a bit longer, but, it's a pleasure to get dressed properly.

[James Martin]

One of the pleasures of kilt wearing is the ease of dressing, especially in winter, when I seem to need many layers of clothes to keep warm. Getting undershirts, overshirts etc, properly tucked into trousers is a bind (not to mention the longjohns underneath); buckling the kilt round the whole lot in one go is so quick and easy*. Most of my kilts are without straps and buckles on the sides (or if they are still there, I don't bother to use them), since a good leather belt is quite sufficient, imho.

Just recently, I had a week in trousers
It seemed to take all day getting dressed after visiting the loo !

I wore trousers to avoid any possible embarassment to a friend I had not seen in 30 years, living in a conservative backwater in Morocco.
I'll probably tell you about it shortly.

By the way, I'm still the same person you may have read of before, living in Grenoble, France. It's easier to find a new name than to remeber a password!

Martin

* no, not round the longjohns; din't neeed them wioth a woolen kilt!

[GlassMan]

Come to think of it, I do believe I like the ritual involved in getting all dressed up. It's not just that it doesn't bother me, it's actually kind of fun. I always get dressed in the same order and it's very reassuring.

Of course, I also love all the ritual involved in pipe smoking.

All those little rituals slow things down and force you to think about the day and what you are doing.

[Andrew Breecher]

Of course, I also love all the ritual involved in pipe smoking.

I don't smoke, but I know what you mean: I grind fresh coffee every morning with a hand grinder. It takes a short time when I make course-ground press coffee, and several minutes of cranking to make Turkish coffee. It's all part of the ritual.

As for dressing with kilts: I think it's so much easier! Especially in the summertime, when I only wear two items of clothing: a tee-shirt and a kilt. Sandals on the feet when I leave the house, and I'm dressed! In the winter, a shirt, a kilt, a sweater, and kilt hose. Still no more time than if I were wearing trousers. Since I wear kilts all the time, and haven't worn trousers in over two years, I've just gotten rid of shirts that don't go with kilts. Only solid colours or very subtle woven patterns. I rarely have to dress up now that I don't work in an office, but when I did, it was still fewer items of clothing to put on than if I were wearing trousers. I don't have to think at all to match clothing in a kilt, because I don't have anything that doesn't go with my kilts!

Andrew.

[mudd]

I can't afford to by a Bear Kilt and a UtiliKilt at the same time. Both are quite different. I can't decide which I want first.
-ian

You should look at a Casual from USA. Less expensive than both of these and very good quality. If only they came in MacIntosh or Leatherneck; hint hint, in case Rocky reads this.

[Rigged]

I think a man should wear what he wants to wear, when he wants to wear it.

It's about having choices, and not trading one form of tyranny for another.

[Nick]

I sometimes think that it's easier to throw on a pair of jeans, but not usually. I just have 2 UKs and a PK, which is what I wear when I dress up kilted usually. The hardest thing is putting on my kilt hose, because in the winter I wear sock liners under the hose, which makes them take longer to put on. But when it's not bitterly cold out I either wear just the kilt hose (which are always pulled up), or short socks.