What brought you to wearing a kilt?

[KiltedSurveyor]

I told my wife early in our marriage that if it was socially acceptable, I would wear a kilt, because it made sense and would be comfortable. Nothing more was said about it until she stumbled over some kilt sites while doing some research on things celtic. She was intrigued, made me one, I was hooked, and the rest was (my) history!

[rodandy]

Back in the early 1980's I served on a submarine that made patrols out of Holy Loch Scotland. I met people there who told me that there was an Anderson tartan. I knew that my father's side of the family had come to America in the middle 1700's from Scotland, but it never occurred to me that there might be that much of a link to the "old country".

I thought of buying a formal kilt outfit at the shops in Dunoon, but as they say in that part of the country the price was "verra dearrr...". I did buy some Anderson tartan cloth in an acrylic fabric which my sister used to make a few articles, but I eventually finished my tour in Scotland and pretty much forgot about it for a number of years.

A couple of years ago I stumbled across an add somewhere for a kilt by a company called NuKilt, or something like that and started searching for them on the internet. I never found them, but I found Sportkilt.com and bought my first hiking kilt in their Pacific Trail tartan. I wore if for a day around Yosemite National Park and got several positive comments, although my wife and kids think I'm daft.

After that I ordered another Sportkilt in the Anderson and shortly thereafter a Jacobite shirt and some hose and flashes and wore the whole outfit to the Highland Games in Vista, CA last June.

Sometime last fall I got up the nerve to wear the kilt and the Jacobite shirt to a party for our handbell choir at church and except for a couple of teasing comments about my "skirt" from the men the comments were mostly favorable. Of course, by this time I'd decided that I liked it whether anybody else did or not.

The wife finally relented and bought me an Argyll jacket for Christmas and I wore the kit to church a couple of weeks ago and have decided that it will go into the normal rotation with my suits.

I've since ordered a semi-traditional in the US Navy (Edzell) tartan from USAK and can't wait to add it to the collection.

I'm now on the lookout for a 5 yard kilt in the Polaris Military tartan and will probably follow that up with a full 8 yard kilt in the Anderson. After that, who knows?

A few months ago I was thinking it was time to replace a couple of my older suits, but now I believe I'll replace them with kilts instead.

I haven't worked up the nerve to wear one to work yet, I'm sure I'll take quite a bit of guff from my co-workers, but it's only a matter of time before I'll bite the bullet...

[McNulty]

My wife and I truly enjoy the outdoors. It is one of the reasons we moved to Colorado. We wanted to work in an area where we loved to play and we both enjoy hiking, trekking, snowshoeing,(all of the ING sports) and when I came across a gentleman on the trail in Washington wearing a kilt I got inspired. We talked for some time, parted or ways, and by the end of that summer had two kilts to be used exclusively for hiking. I researched the product and usages and finally settled on non-wool for the two hiking kilts. I loved the freedom of movement while on a trail, the coolness of the kilt(it can be very hot and dry out here during the summer), who doesn't enjoy a "Lookin good" comment from a stranger, and easy to take care of. So, I was hooked. These two introductory kilts led me to my tanks and other refined kilts for "dressier" occassions (other than trails). My two original kilts still perform their intended function and hopefully will for some years to come. As the weather gets warmer these two kilts will be taken out of the closet and put back to work hikinh the trails all over the Western U.S.
Nulty

[Mipi]

One summer after swimming, I've noticed how comfortable is if you have only a towel around your body. I saw also some guys (from time to time) wrapped in sarong or pareo like garment and started playing with this idea. Kilt is most un-limiting garment that I came at the end of investigation.

[Jock Scot]

My grandfather, whilst my parents were away fighting a war.

[Spc. Scott]

I had always wanted one when I was younger but never knew where to look. Jump to about a year ago. I work at Cornell Law School and a student that was here used to wear a Utilikilt every so often. One day I ran into him while parking my car and I had a chance to ask him where he had gotten his. He sent me a whole bunch of links to different places to buy kilts. I stumbled onto this site while doing some further research into what I would like to buy. A few kilts later and after stealing most of the space on the clothes rack here I am.

A big thanks to Andrew for his help on starting my addiction.

[Mr. Kilt]

My inspiration was an episode of "Home Improvement", where Tim and Al attend a Highland Games.

[KiltedBrewer]

My dad had talked about having Scots ancestry for as long as I can remember, but that's about as far as he's gotten in to it. I've always thought that kilts were the coolest garment I've ever seen, but NE Wisconsin where I grew up wasn't a hotbed of kilt wearing.

Fast forward to 2007. When I was planning my wedding, I decided that I would get married in a kilt. (Inspired by one of my all time favorite movies "So I Married an Axe Murderer".) I had always wanted to, and it's my wife's favorite movie, too. I found a place to rent kilts and PCs for me and the groomsmen. I decided to make it a whole kilted weekend and bought a khaki sportkilt for the rehearsal. I found XMTS to help learn how to wear everything, and the rest is history.

David

[raibeart_dubh]

I first wore a kilt in the 5th grade for a presentation I did on Scotland. I then started researching my ancestry and realized I was a Scot. It was several years before I wore a kilt again, because of the cost. Then, I joined a heavy metal band and we decided to have a Scottish theme to the music and the look since we were all of Scottish ancestry. We all bought Blackwatch kilts from Stillwater at a great price for shows and I have been wearing and buying new kilts ever since. I don't wear them to work but I do wear them to weddings, parties, to the pub, Highland Games, formal events, and occasionally around the house. I plain on wearing them all of the time when I'm not at work as soon as I get enough to go the whole week.

[gilmore]

I had long known I had distant, 200 years+, paternal and maternal Scots ancestry , including patrilineal, and had been going to the nearby highland games at Stone Mountain, Georgia, since the 80's, so a few years ago I finally got around to getting a kilt. And another one. And another one......