On the ground floor of something big?

[Pour1Malt]

until you can get one at walmart, I would say that kilts are not going to become mainstream any time soon. Far too many men out there are not confident enough in themselves to wear a kilt as a daily garment.

I'll have to agree with the decades projection.

probably the ainly thing thot wuid get ma tae stop wearin kilts... wuid bae seein' evil places like walmart sellin them....

kilts are tae special tae be made in sweatshops and sold fur cheap by evil corporations...

nay thank you!

[Jerry]

probably the ainly thing thot wuid get ma tae stop wearin kilts... wuid bae seein' evil places like walmart sellin them....

kilts are tae special tae be made in sweatshops and sold fur cheap by evil corporations...

nay thank you

You will never see traditional kilts in Walmart, or any other big chain stores. They, even a Srillwater heavyweight are just too expensive for them. What I do think you will see in the next 10 years or so are Utilikilt like garments, more like unbifurcated jeans, and I hope I'm not "publically stoned" for saying it, skirts for men. I'd probably never wear one, but you never know. Look at the current fashion for young people to wear baggy pants fown around their ****. That was started by rap and gansta artists.All it would take would be for that group to start wearing kilts (or more likely skirts due to expense) and the unbifircated trend would accelerate. Personally I hope they pick the kilts instead of skirts and wear them properly. By properly I mean not down where they wear pants. The other meaning of properly, on this board, would be up to them. As for traditional kilts, sometime in the not too distant future, you might see them in the shops that sell men's suits and such. The cost for a good suit is already at least equivalent to the cost of a fine hand sewn traditional kilt.

[James]

Actually here in the UK a decent suit costs much more, oft several times the price of a proper kilt.

However I do agree that the change in men's attire will be towards the cheaper skirts such as the Utilikilt, rather than a kilt as such.

James

[Robin]

I just hope kilts will never become fashion

Picture all the terrible outfits...will be an insult to the kilt and any form of tradition

**shudders**

[Panache]

I don't know about kilts becoming mainstream but I have noted something about men's fashions. For decades it seemed that men were more tightly bound by convention in terms of what they wore and how they wore. Hairstyles, clothing, hats, etc were all within fairly rigid parameters. Nowdays there is more acceptance for men to have a broader range of fashion options. For examplee (at least in California) it is perfectly acceptable that Gentleman #1 has a businessman's short haircut, Gentleman #2 wears his wavy locks down to his shoulders, and Gentleman #3 has shaved his head bald. The hair style doesn't say anything about the wearer other than that is how he likes his hair cut. The same with clothing. So now Kilts can be perceived as a fashion option because men now have more fashion freedoms.
Still a loooooong way to go before they go mainstream, but it's a start.

Cheers

[michael steinrok]

It's happening, but it's nowhere near commonplace. I can count on one hand..in fact I only need four fingers, to count the times I've seen a guy wearing a kilt around the San Francisco Bay Area except at X Mafks gatherings or Highland Games. So it's not ready to burst into mainstream *quite* yet.

I'll go along with Alan on this. I will say that I appreciate your enthusiasm!

[Colin]

probably the ainly thing thot wuid get ma tae stop wearin kilts... wuid bae seein' evil places like walmart sellin them....

kilts are tae special tae be made in sweatshops and sold fur cheap by evil corporations...

nay thank you!

I have to agree with P!M on this one. If Walmart starts selling kilts (or their perception of what a kilt is), it'll be a sad day. A kilt should be something special, not on a $25 discount rack.

We have seen an increase in kilts, but I just don't see that revolutionary moment, some are looking for, coming anytime soon. If you push for it too hard, kilts will likely just become a fad and wear out with the general public. The interest is there for some, but I don't see kilts or any other man skirt becoming common place in today's world.

I am happy just being part of a strong, proud, and select few that have discovered the kilt and wear it with pride.

[Mattg]

I have to agree with P!M on this one. If Walmart starts selling kilts (or their perception of what a kilt is), it'll be a sad day. A kilt should be something special, not on a $25 discount rack.

I was about to say the same thing. I never want to see a kilt for sale in Walmart.
I do think that kilt wearing will be fairly mainstream some day. Though we will probably always be "that guy in a kilt"

[Kilted KT]

I agree that a kilt in walmart would be a bad thing...

best way to combat that is to get yer kilts from Matt or Kathy, or any of the number of kiltmakers here...

...and then we educate the masses as the benifits of the kilt, and why we honor our clans as such!

[Riverkilt]

However we cannot forget the other side of the coin: and that many do associate male skirted garments, with cross dressing and homosexuality: like it or not that is a fact. As a consequence many men are still reluctant to don such garments, for fear of being accused of deviant tendencies.

James

But did women also not have to deal with the same fears when they adopted pants against strong opposition from men. In addition to all the workplace dress codes men threw at panted women they called them lesbian in sometimes unpolite terms.

We're adopting kilts with the SUPPORT of women and with often more relaxed dress codes and more acceptance of sexual diversity.

Ron