What the kilt means to you

**ccga3359** · 31st August 07, 05:55 PM

Non Scot but it has allowed me to meet some truly wonderful people.

**NancyMan** · 31st August 07, 11:35 PM

Well my mother's maiden name was Clarke. Her grandfather was a Scot who married an Irish lass and settled down in Sligo. Their son emigrated to Canada and married a Brazilian born woman of Austrian heritage. Their daughter, my mother, mated with a man of mostly English but also of French ancestry. But that's not why I wear the kilt.

Its immensely more comfortable than trousers. But that's not why I wear the kilt.

The women go wild over it. But that's not why I wear the kilt.

It makes an indelible fashion statement. But that's not why I wear the kilt.

Its because I choose to wear it, that I wear the kilt.

And I like it!

**ardchoille** · 1st September 07, 12:02 AM

I have traced my roots back to the proscription of clan Gregor (1600's) when the English, and many Scots, tried unsuccessfully to extinguish all MacGregors. Wearing the kilt means I am showing my support for my clan (and in pure comfort too) as well as remembering all my fallen brethren who died for no reason.

While there's leaves in the forrest and foam on the river
MacGregor despite them shall flourish forever!

They tried to wipe us out, yet here I am

**Azevedo** · 1st September 07, 11:16 AM

I like kilts since I was 16. But that remain in the deeps of my mind, once I lived in Brazil. Some months ago here in Netherlands I went to a metal concert which one of the bands plays a mix of death metal and Celtic folk music. One of the guys was using a kilt. Then I got a visit of a reverend from a community from the Iona island and after that, two months ago, I went to a heavy metal festival. In my way there I found some guys in kilt. In the festival itself there was a lot of people kilted. As some band members as well. And there I got my first kilt. For me kilt were a very heavy metal related stuff! But with time (and participating on this forum) I realized there was much more there.... Now I got other 2 kilts and there is another one in the way

In short:

* It is a bad *** Heavy Metal stuff

* It is extremelly confortable
* I like Celtic culture and the way they related with divinities
* I am shy, so it is a way to people start talking with me

* It give a wonderful range of options (which trouses and alikes will never be able to offer)

**Jock Scot** · 31st August 07, 05:50 AM

No kilt worn in this part of Inverness-shire at the moment!The midges are ferocious!!

**Riverkilt** · 31st August 07, 06:28 AM

Welcome McG,

It baffles me. I went to highland games for years and never had a hankering for a kilt. One of my father's drinking buddies had the whole traditional garb and played the bagpipes in a pipe band. Yet I had no interest in wearing a kilt.

Then, a few years ago I saw a Utiliklt workman's at a Ren Faire and I just had to have one. Searching on line I read about kilts and saw how many other men embraced them and I ordered one.

Wearing that first kilt set the addiction in motion. While I do enjoy wearing "Scottish jeans" over the years I've drifted to tartan kilts, most in my clan tartans, or in honor of military service of my father, uncles, and brother. I now own 8 hand sewn kilts and a lot more machine sewn.

While my family also came to Canada in the clearances, and that is an important factor to me, the main attraction for me is comfort. Comfort on the job (I sit for a living) and comfort on the long drives from this remote area.

I'm also a great supporter of diversity and men's right to wear a manly garment if he so chooses. A great way for me to support the kilt fashion boom is to sally forth kilted.

It has taken time, but by being kilted in my little remote town I have now found two other men who own kilts, one of whom's mother used to sew kilts. Something I'd never have dreamed when I'd started. My best guess was that maybe a high school kid would get a Utilikilt or something.

But, bottom line for me is the comfort of the freedom.

Ron

**GMan** · 31st August 07, 06:33 AM

Heritage,
Comfort,
Independance,
Look good in it.

**James MacMillan** · 31st August 07, 06:38 AM

Comfort, Comfort, Comfort!
Ease of wear.
Style.
Heritage.
Comfort, Comfort, Comfort!
Oh, and I should mention that the kilt is very comfortable to wear......... did I say that?

:smile:

**davedove** · 31st August 07, 06:45 AM

Well, I'm not a full time kilt wearer, so for me the kilt is another clothing choice. While I will at times wear one "because I feel like it", it is usually for some occasion or event, everything from formal night on a cruise to a beer festival to a volksmarch.

I do have some Scottish ancestry and that helps guide my tartan choice, but heritage is not a driving factor in wearing a kilt.

And, of course, I do like the attention from the ladies.

creativeaccents · 31st August 07, 06:52 AM

YES to all. My folks got here with their Scots/Irish, English, French, Dutch roots in the 16 and 17 hundreds. I will never forget the incredibly deep feeling in my soul when I first returned to Britain and drove about 1400 miles. Something about a sense of being home and belonging that I have never experienced here except in the Blue Ridge. The kilt, in any style, is about that and more, all well addressed here. Too, mens clothes today are just plain boring and often uncomfortable. Ever had a torsion from one of the guys getting squashed when sitting by the legs of jeans or slacks? A few days on ice should be incentive aplenty.