Why the kilt

[cessna152towser]

Quite frankly, I wouldn't have been seen dead in a kilt when I was younger. My wife eventually coaxed me when I was about 40 to get a kilt for Scottish Country Dancing, I discovered how comfortable they were, that nobody would laugh at me, that people would admire the kilt and make conversation. Even then I still regarded it as costume, until a leg injury forced me to wear a kilt to work for a few weeks, where it was so well accepted, that I began to wear kilts for everyday wear. Now I have 17 kilts with another one on order and wear a kilt most days.

[Andrewson]

Quite frankly, I wouldn't have been seen dead in a kilt when I was younger. My wife eventually coaxed me when I was about 40 to get a kilt for Scottish Country Dancing, I discovered how comfortable they were, that nobody would laugh at me, that people would admire the kilt and make conversation. ...

This describes exactly my own experience except that it took until I was 52 before I saw the light. You would have thought that growing up in Scotland would have guaranteed that I got into kilt wearing early but this was certainly not so.

Now I have six and wear them regularly - and not just for dancing either.