A kilted rant

[Jdot84]

What is this condition that I have? The more I wear the kilt the more I want to wear the kilt. The more kilts I have the more kilts I want.
Don’t get me wrong, the utility kilts and sport kilts are great but I am a sucker for a heavy weight tartan kilt, it’s just something about them, it’s almost spiritual. I mean I seem to stand taller and walk with a swagger when in one. Do you know what I mean? It’s just the confidence that I obtain when in one and it carries over to other aspects in my life.
If you’ve been out, then you know the feeling, don’t you? At first it is apprehension, almost paranoia, but the longer you kilt the stronger you feel, almost bullet proof. You finally get to where you don’t pay attention to the looks and sneers and rude comments from the small minded idiots that you occasionally run into. But when you get the good ones and the inquisitive ones and are able to educate others on the empowerment of the kilt, it makes you feel great.
The children are great they have no preconceived visions of kilts and their questions are always so pure, even though their parents may not share their outlook on life. I love answering their questions. Who knows maybe they will embrace the kilt later on due to our little Q&A.
My children are grone and pretend to be embarrassed by me, but I know better. Whenever kilted around them and their friends they always make sure I’m seen, and the young adults always seemed to be impressed. They always ask who, what, when, where, why. Another opportunity to educate.
Well, forgive my rant, but maybe some of you feel the same way I do. Maybe someone reading this will be inspired to go forth into humanity and help educate the ill-informed.

[pdcorlis]

...and the addiction claims another victim...

Welcome Brother.

[ardchoille]

I know exactly how you feel

Be kilted and be proud. Or, as a friend of mine says, "go kilted or go home".

[Riverkilt]

We admitted we were powerless over kilts, that our lives had become unbifurcated...

Ron

[Tommie]

I think its the people that make kilts.
I swear i think they are dipping the material in something that makes it habit forming like cigarette companys and nicotine.
Is there any hope of ever breaking this habit?
First you would have to want to,then you would have to learn to drink coffee and drive again with out wearing a kilt.

[RockyR]

I think its the people that make kilts.
I swear i think they are dipping the material in something that makes it habit forming like cigarette companys and nicotine.
Is there any hope of ever breaking this habit?
First you would have to want to,then you would have to learn to drink coffee and drive again with out wearing a kilt.

What the !?!?!... do you have a nany cam set up in my shop? I thought that room was de-bugged!

[sharpdressedscot]

Found a secret have we??

[duchessofnc]

For me being female it's not the kilt... it's all things Scottish that have sucked me in. Each month it gets worse and worse. I want to touch everything Scottish. It truly is a passion for me.

[Pleater]

Despite being female, for me it is the kilt - women's clothing as sold on the High Street is just such poor quality, unless you pay huge wodges of cash for it.

Things like the buttons being either cracked or held on by three strands of cotton, wobbly seams or great thick ones which are necessary to hold the shape as the material is almost see through and will probably dissolve the first time it is washed.

I love traditional garments which have stood up against the whims of fashion for centuries, which use fabrics economically in the sense of not having such extreme shapes to cut out that you are using only 60 to 70 percent of what you buy.

Linen tunics that last for decades, cloaks and capes which keep out the worst that the English weather can manage - and kilts which are ideal for all terrain walking.

If you don't walk with a swagger, you don't get the maximum swish from the pleats. What a waste!!

Baroness Anne the mirthfull of Fritterton on the Heath

[kiltedsawyer]

What is this condition that I have? The more I wear the kilt the more I want to wear the kilt. The more kilts I have the more kilts I want.
Don’t get me wrong, the utility kilts and sport kilts are great but I am a sucker for a heavy weight tartan kilt, it’s just something about them, it’s almost spiritual. I mean I seem to stand taller and walk with a swagger when in one. Do you know what I mean? It’s just the confidence that I obtain when in one and it carries over to other aspects in my life.
If you’ve been out, then you know the feeling, don’t you? At first it is apprehension, almost paranoia, but the longer you kilt the stronger you feel, almost bullet proof. You finally get to where you don’t pay attention to the looks and sneers and rude comments from the small minded idiots that you occasionally run into. But when you get the good ones and the inquisitive ones and are able to educate others on the empowerment of the kilt, it makes you feel great.
The children are great they have no preconceived visions of kilts and their questions are always so pure, even though their parents may not share their outlook on life. I love answering their questions. Who knows maybe they will embrace the kilt later on due to our little Q&A.
My children are grone and pretend to be embarrassed by me, but I know better. Whenever kilted around them and their friends they always make sure I’m seen, and the young adults always seemed to be impressed. They always ask who, what, when, where, why. Another opportunity to educate.
Well, forgive my rant, but maybe some of you feel the same way I do. Maybe someone reading this will be inspired to go forth into humanity and help educate the ill-informed.

This is the essence of the garment,.............simple yet so much more,........welcome to the addiction.
Respectfully,
David