No I wouldn't buy or wear a mini-kilt. Personally I would consider a mini-kilt rather immodest and out of place for an ageing guy like myself. Even on a younger wearer, I think people's expectations of unbifurcated garments on men is that they should be approximately knee length and pleated. I occasionally wear my two denim Union Kilts, and my box-pleat camo kilt is strictly speaking a skirt rather than a kilt as it is box-pleated all round rather than having overlapping front aprons. These always pass muster as recognisably male kilts. I am often told by people that my denim or camo kilts are cool and they ask where they can buy them. Yet, there was a guy came into the office yesterday wearing a brown and white patterned knee-length unpleated flared skirt, and even though I was wearing my black kilt I thought he looked rather out of place with hairy legs and what was obviously a skirt designed for a lady. I've seen fellows in mini-kilts a few times, but other than as fancy dress for a fun run, they just don't look right to me.
Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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