Two Modalities of Kilt-Wearing

[Ozman1944]

Mom? Dad?.........I'm Bi-Modal!!!! Get used to it!!!!:butt:


(As you can tell, gang, I'm feeling GREAT!!)

[blackbeard]

The "prevailing mode" definition of Fashion almost makes me think I can expect to see guys with their kilts belted well below the waist and showing 6 inches of boxers

Please help! My mind's eye has been permanently blinded!:butt:

Coinneach,
Over the past decades, the term casual has gone through many changes. At one period in time the tuxedo jacket was invented as a casual alternative to the white tie & tails. This would put the term “casual” in the fashion category. (At least I think so.)

That being said, I think that the three of us really are agreeing. It seems to me that your style of wearing the kilt is in the current casual fashion.

And I will be content to be a CFWer and a THWer.... You can never have too many options.

[Kilted Magyar]

Well thought out and stated. Succinct. erudite and literate

[English Bloke]

I was recently on a job related course in Montrose in Scotland. One evening I was in a pub (unkilted) with a fellow course member watching the Scots being robbed of their World Cup hopes by the referee and the Dutch team.

The pub was packed and there were several kilties, all dressed in a casual stylee and when the pipes kicked off in the pub at half time (No camera handy sorry) we got to chatting about the Kilt. I asked my friend if he had a kilt and he said he indeed had one. I asked him how often he wore it and he said proudly, quite often, 3 or 4 times a year, weddings, christenings, christmas, new year and the like. I asked him what he wore with it and he told me he had a PC although he'd love a lovat blue or green argyle type jacket for day or less formal wear. He told me he also has a footy kilt that he wears out to the pub for the bigger games now and then so maybe half a dozen times a year. He is from Edinburgh and in his thirties so could be regarded as your typical younger Scot (he did admit to being quarter English but it's not something he wanted to discuss further hehehehe)

I mentioned I have a kilt, (Wha... but you're English? we explained that away sharpish...) He asked how often I wore mine and was stunned when I said 3 or 4 times a week. "What do you wear with yours?" I covered a list from dress sporran and argyle to day sporran and denim jacket, covering numerous options in between. "Why?" because I like wearing kilts, they are comfortable, try driving in one. The conversation went on discussing the merits and cons of being kilted casually but he told me he's going to look into wearing his more often. Kilting without an excuse is not something he had considered up to then apparently.

I have the greatest respect for the traditionalist approach and love to do my best to appear as formal as possible if it's appropriate. I love to learn from those in the know and hold such opinions in very high regard; but I do regard the Kilt as a garment and feel it has more to offer me than looking especially dapper after 18:00hrs. It's probably because I'm English that I don't hold it up as an icon but I mean no disrespect by not doing so. I believe the Kilt's versatility is that it allows 100 different variations in the same article and it is after all, dashed comfy and looks great no matter how it's worn. I could wear it 3 or 4 times a year and have it hanging in the wardrobe being eaten by moths in the mean time but I think it's best employed by being out-there. I've paid hundreds of pounds for my kilts. Consequently I want to wear them whenever I can; so I will.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Finally !

Thank you Andy.


Best,

Robert

[Stratherrick]

Andy

Well said!

As for me, well, I wear my one and only kilt, a tank, all the time I'm north of the border. That can be anything from shopping or pub crawling in the capital; hiking up a mountainside in the Highlands; visiting family on farms and crofts in the glens or just travelling about.

Only on formal occasions do I add a fancy jacket and shoes. The rest of the time it's anything from T-shirts, regular shirts, woolies, various coats in winter with a variety of footwear. I sort of fall between a few stools really.

However, my main reason for wearing my kilt is to honour my ancestors, some of whom were banned from wearing one for a time, i.e. it's an act of defiance and fierce pride on my part!

That said, I appreciate and respect all kilt wearers of whatever sort and for whatever reason.

Slainte

Bruce

[Computergeek]

I like to be fairly well put together in a kilt, as long as you don't look from the knees down. I work in IT and that for the most part is an informal field, and I don't really like wearing shoes. From the Kilt up I am usually in a nice button down or sweater (jumper for those of you on the other side of the pond). I just finished a second sporran that is a little nicer looking than my first attempt(pics to be posted later). I don't so much as own a pair of kilt hose though so I probably qualify as a pariah for those of the rabble that tend towards the more formal modalities of the kilt. I am getting ready to start on a jacket conversion though so that I will have some more big boy cloths as my wife says. I just can't bring myself to wear shoes though.
cheers,
Jeremy