My first Kilt

[longhuntr74]

Sounds like you and I had similar weekends...and I had a mustard incident yesterday much like your beans! I had family picnics on both Saturday and Sunday with both sides of the family and wore my kilt both days. My wife has a mustang and I didn't experience any major difficulties sitting in a car...I've found the best way is to put my butt in first and slide back to keep the pleats neat, then spin my legs...if you try to only sit on the edge and slide sideways across the seat, you're going against the pleats and they'll bunch up. Other than that...I'd say don't worry about the underwear or no underwear thing...people make WAY too big of a deal about it. Being in the military I would tell you that about half of the guys I know don't wear any at all...ever. A kilt is just like a pair of pants...if you want to go traditional, do it...if you feel more comfortable with briefs/boxers...then wear them.

[Clifforza]

Very cool...getting support from all over the world. Thanks. I'm sure it's going to be a continuous learning experience.
At the risk of being indelicate... I've also considered going "non-traditional" as a means of reducing the amount of dry-cleaning necessary.

[ThinBlueLine]

longhuntr74,

I agree about the undergarments. Whenever I go to any festival I tend to have something on just to avoid the torture of chafing.

[Ryan Ross]

Very cool...getting support from all over the world. Thanks. I'm sure it's going to be a continuous learning experience.
At the risk of being indelicate... I've also considered going "non-traditional" as a means of reducing the amount of dry-cleaning necessary.

Sounds like you're off to an excelent career in kilting, sir.

...don't dry clean, though. Wash them in the bath tub, man. Cold water and some dish liquid. Can't go wrong.

[Mike_Oettle]

Clifforza wrote: “At the risk of being indelicate . . . I've also considered going ‘non-traditional’ as a means of reducing the amount of dry-cleaning necessary.”

Well, there is a traditional way of dealing with one aspect of the dry-cleaning problem. While underwear as such is not tolerated in kilted military units, I have been told that it is permissible to wear something enclosing the “wedding tackle” – a tobacco bag was suggested.
And I have always showered (where possible) before dressing in a kilt.
But of course, dry-cleaning complications can also originate outside the garment, as has been indicated regarding mustard and beans . . .
Regards,
Mike

[wildrover]

Consider that with pants, anything originating from the general vicinity of one's gutter (sweat, farts, "other") is going to end up stuck down there until forcibly vented or washed out. With a kilt...it will either dry up or blow away, and in any case, it's not forced up against the garment unless you're sitting on it...so I suppose cleaning of the kilt might depend on how often you find yourself sitting on it for hours at a time.

The only time I would wear something under the kilt would be to gain the summit block on a class 3+ mountain that might require a bit of more technical scrambling, or participating in Highland athletics where it's required.

I will admit I'm still working on sorting out the chafing issue. It's not a problem, just walking around...but 20 miles hard hiking in two days, it's a problem.

Good on ya, jumping right in! And hello from Colorado.