Quote Originally Posted by starbkjrus
I've said it before but I think it's worth repeating: Your gonna love that tartan. I have one in the USAK Casual and it's just beautiful. Have not yet seen any pictures that can really do it justice.

Good luck on the timing. I've made up my mind that St. Patrick's Day is going to be my first day at work kilted.
Dee, go for it! And once you do it for St. Pat's day, wear one again on Monday and say all your pants were dirty, then on Tuesday claim it's St. Robert's day, a realtively obscure saint dedicated to caring for the pople who overindulged on St. Pat's day. By then, you will have HR reeling on the ropes and they won't have a chance at stopping you. And, I just bet that your company dress code policy either expliticly allows a woman to wear a skirt (don't anybody even dare start up!), or does not prohibit it, so you always have that to fall back on. What I have found, being in management myself, is that most concerns from HR are about how to avoid being sued for discrimination or unfair treatment. A man wearing a kilt, or a skirt, is so easily defensible given gender equality, and most company's dress codes (industrial or hazardous situations exempted, since women can't wear skirts in those environments either), that I am amazed more have not taken the plunge. Being in management for a very large (3rd in the world) financial institution (not exactly a progressive industry), and accomplished wearing a kilt full time with basically no conflict (other than the fears in my own mind!), I think that anybody can do it. You have already taken the first step in going out kilted in public with friends and family. Doing it in front of co-workers can't be any harder. If anyone wants to talk about how to approach it, drop me a PM. I can shoot you a phone number and we can chat.

OK, off my cheerleader box now!