Scottish Festival Peeves?

[Papa Slob]

I am one of the goofy looking guys you may be laughing at. I'm 5' 5" tall, and a solid 207 lbs. I wear my kilts, UK's and home made, at the hips. If I wear a kilt in the traditional style, I look even shorter then I already do. If I wear the tall socks, again, I might just as well wear my jeans. So if you spot me rooting about in my low riders and sandals, be kind. We are all goofy in somebodies eyes.

Papa Slob
Royce

[kc8ufv]

I am one of the goofy looking guys you may be laughing at. I'm 5' 5" tall, and a solid 207 lbs. I wear my kilts, UK's and home made, at the hips. If I wear a kilt in the traditional style, I look even shorter then I already do. If I wear the tall socks, again, I might just as well wear my jeans. So if you spot me rooting about in my low riders and sandals, be kind. We are all goofy in somebodies eyes.

Papa Slob
Royce

Look at how the UK is made. It IS intended to be worn at the hips, unlike a traditional kilt

[Papa Slob]

Look at how the UK is made. It IS intended to be worn at the hips, unlike a traditional kilt

That is why I wear the UK's and home made kilts. That and the lack of a tartan I can call my own. Any suggestions on a tartan for a heritage that is tied to England and America?

[kc8ufv]

That is why I wear the UK's and home made kilts. That and the lack of a tartan I can call my own. Any suggestions on a tartan for a heritage that is tied to England and America?

I'm not completely certain, but when I eventually go for a tank, I'm probably going to get this tartan.. http://www.scottish-tartans-world-re...spx?record=651

[MacBean]

Having just returned from my first American Highland Games (Ligonier) beyond a small local Celtic Festival or two, I am ready to comment.

I didn't see anyone dressed in a way that bothered me. The only person who stood out was the Lord Lyon. The pipers tended to be quite formal, and the Clans tended to be informal American, if kilted at all. Worked for me.

That said, I found the games a bit impersonal. The time is so full in a one-day games, that chances to get together and bond are few. We should change that, for the livelihood of the games may depend on it.

[troxel87]

I am one of the goofy looking guys you may be laughing at. I'm 5' 5" tall, and a solid 207 lbs. I wear my kilts, UK's and home made, at the hips. If I wear a kilt in the traditional style, I look even shorter then I already do. If I wear the tall socks, again, I might just as well wear my jeans. So if you spot me rooting about in my low riders and sandals, be kind. We are all goofy in somebodies eyes.

Papa Slob
Royce

Papa Slob:

I totally hear you on this one. I'm 5'5", 130lbs soaking wet. I'm rail thin and can't keep a kilt above my knees for the life of me, let alone find one that fits snugly without scalloping the front apron at the top. If I cover myself correctly, sometimes you can't tell that nothing fits.

As for me, I've only been to one instance of the Highland Games, and I thought I had a pretty good notion of what it was supposed to be like. I was DEAD wrong. You had vampires. Fairies. Elves. PIRATES.

But, I can only laugh at them, because being at the games I got interested in getting a kilt. Pulled one off the rack, wrapped it over me, and had an elderly gent say "Looks good on ya, laddy! Howe'er, yeh'd like to know tha's fer a lassy!"

I promptly removed it, hung it back up, and that's the reason I just recently decided to try again.

We're all dumb sometimes!

[Lallans]

Papa Slob:

I totally hear you on this one. I'm 5'5", 130lbs soaking wet. I'm rail thin and can't keep a kilt above my knees for the life of me, let alone find one that fits snugly without scalloping the front apron at the top. If I cover myself correctly, sometimes you can't tell that nothing fits.

As for me, I've only been to one instance of the Highland Games, and I thought I had a pretty good notion of what it was supposed to be like. I was DEAD wrong. You had vampires. Fairies. Elves. PIRATES.

But, I can only laugh at them, because being at the games I got interested in getting a kilt. Pulled one off the rack, wrapped it over me, and had an elderly gent say "Looks good on ya, laddy! Howe'er, yeh'd like to know tha's fer a lassy!"

I promptly removed it, hung it back up, and that's the reason I just recently decided to try again.

We're all dumb sometimes!

You should consider wearing braces with your kilt (US=suspenders). I've seen them on members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are obviously too slender to wear the military kilt otherwise.

I hadn't had too many nightmare memories of Games "visitors" until this year at Glengarry, when an authentically bearded Santa Claus turned up in a filthy, or at least wrinkled, crushed velvet Santa outfit from the Victorian era (to be fair, the dirtyness may have been suggested by the wrinkling). But Santa clearly wasn't feeling well when I saw him: he was sort of speechless; swaying and staggering he was- or was that me?

[Bugbear]

...We're all dumb sometimes!

I'm stupid a simple majority of the time, rather than dumb some of the time. Just saying...

What other people are wearing and how it is being worne doesn't concern me much. I just don't want to be attacked...