Women in Kilts?

[Tim Walker]

Can't we all just get along? No, seriously, folks, I like the way the discussion has been going. Although this is obviously a question that people feel very strongly about, I think that to this point we've all managed to convey our feelings without diverting into flame wars. I've been eyeing this thread, and wondering when it would disappear! More power to the good folk here, and how we're sharing our opinions . . . without a lockdown!

Without going into the "kilt vice kilted skirt" issue (which Matt and Nanook have addressed), "Why would a woman want to wear a kilt?" Well, I think I might know. I have flabbergasted women with the pleating in a kilt. One woman asked me (really quite nicely) why I was wearing a "skirt." (She was not being derogatory, she just didn't know it was a kilt.) I sat on a park bench and spread my legs, with the sporran draping down to hold the aprons in place (I'm nae a flasher, laddies!). "That's why," says I. It (the kilt) is not only wicked pretty, but also an ENTIRELY FUNCTIONAL PIECE OF CLOTHING.

"Oh," said the lady. "I don't own a skirt that has that much legroom."

All the best,

Kid Cossack

Bravehearts' Kilt Forum has an analysis of womens' skirts. To summarize, those garments are impractical. Designed to display feminine sexualality.

No wonder women have (mostly) switched to trousers!

[Kid Cossack]

Bravehearts' Kilt Forum has an analysis of womens' skirts. To summarize, those garments are impractical. Designed to display feminine sexualality.

No wonder women have (mostly) switched to trousers!

Tim:

I'd agree there! Personally, I'm kind of odd. I find strength and independence to be TREMENDOUSLY sexy. Watching women hobbled by their tight skirts just seems . . . impractical. A long running argument between the Better Half and the Worse Half (that would be, respectively, Mrs. Kid Cossack and Mr. Kid Cossack!) exists over pretty but uncomfortable shoes. I maintain that an uncomfortable shoe CAN NOT be pretty, since it makes you uncomfortable, and "comfortable is pretty."

[Tim Walker]

So tartan pantyhose is out of the question?

[Robin]

So tartan pantyhose is out of the question?

I don't wear them, but go ahead