Talcum on the tush?

[longshadows]

I've also been known to shuck the kilt and go in a belted shirt...

Now that ought to raise a few eyebrows!

Actually, I do take advantage of my desk's front panel and the let natural fall of the kilt's apron cover me. (I also have taken to sitting on the front edge of my desk chair and letting things sort of hang loose over the edge, but that gets a little uncomfortable after a while.

I guess what I really need to do is get up and move around more--even squatting in front of the file drawers, as though I'm looking for something, and letting it all air out!

Guess we have to be creative! Thanks guys!

[Caradoc]

Now that ought to raise a few eyebrows!

Remember that I'm talking about historical reenactment stuff when I mention going in just a shirt - the leine and ionar was a common combination in history, with the belted plaid being a combination of cloak, bedroll, tent, et cetera.

I've also rolled up the plaid and belted it over one shoulder, with nothing wrapped around the waist. The "shirt-tails" I refer to hang to knee length - and keep the wool off of your bum and wykkeds whilst wearing it wrapped.

Thompson comments on this in his "So You're Going to Wear the Kilt," and recommends longer shirt-tails for those shirts you wear with the kilt for the purposes of keeping the wool off of your delicate bits.

[Schultz]

Thompson comments on this in his "So You're Going to Wear the Kilt," and recommends longer shirt-tails for those shirts you wear with the kilt for the purposes of keeping the wool off of your delicate bits.

I've recently discovered the joys of the Dickies brand work shirt, which has "extra long" tails. At 6'5", it's hard to find shirts with really long tails, but these definitely do the trick.

[Caradoc]

I've recently discovered the joys of the Dickies brand work shirt, which has "extra long" tails. At 6'5", it's hard to find shirts with really long tails, but these definitely do the trick.

The "Big and Tall" men's clothing stores generally have shirts that'll work, too.

My experience has been that any shirt-tail that reaches past the crease where "buttock" turns into "thigh" works better than shorter lengths.

[Schultz]

The Big & Tall stores are definitely a good place to find stuff if you're both Big AND Tall. I like my shirts to have a tailored look to them (holdover from my hard mod days) and I just can never find anything that fits like I like it at the B&T stores. Everything seems so voluminous.

Of course, I could tailor it myself.

Maybe I'll hit the one up the road from me this weekend and have a looksee.

[sorcererdale]

I have used Goldbond Medicated Powder, seems to work really well. A little messy to put on, just do it over the toilet and wipe the seat or bowl top good and a few flushes usually gets the rest of the powder gone.

DALE.

[Caradoc]

The Big & Tall stores are definitely a good place to find stuff if you're both Big AND Tall. I like my shirts to have a tailored look to them (holdover from my hard mod days) and I just can never find anything that fits like I like it at the B&T stores. Everything seems so voluminous.

Of course, I could tailor it myself.

Maybe I'll hit the one up the road from me this weekend and have a looksee.

Definitely ask them. I'm not "big and tall," but my torso is longer than average, which means that if I get a shirt that fits my torso, the sleeves are far too long.

[Iolaus]

The Big & Tall stores are definitely a good place to find stuff if you're both Big AND Tall. I like my shirts to have a tailored look to them (holdover from my hard mod days) and I just can never find anything that fits like I like it at the B&T stores. Everything seems so voluminous.

Of course, I could tailor it myself.

Maybe I'll hit the one up the road from me this weekend and have a looksee.

The Big & Tall stuff that I'm familiar with (catalog & on-line sales) has seperate selections for "Big" and for "Tall" in their shirt offerings.

[Pleater]

I have made shirts and tunics which are knee length and would be perfectly decent by themselves, and also kilt liners which fit inside kilts.

I don't usually wear both at the same time unless it is really cold - I have thick Northern blood and am living on a sunny Southern shore, where there is very little Winter.

Either keeps the kilt clean and using a cotton or 50/50 polyester cotton cloth means they are absorbant. In hot weather I usually wear a short top and change the liner once or twice a day as necessary.

By making side slits, or pleats or a liner which is kilt style with cross over aprons there is no restriction of movement - and you can also fold back the kilt aprons to reduce the insulation when sitting if your desk is enclosed.

Although a yoked shirt might seem like as much of a project as a kilt there are patterns for them readily available, so the learning curve is not so steep, and dressing yourself in clothes entirely of your own making is rather pleasing.