Wearing a kilt but not being Scottish

[CDNSushi]

From another full-blooded Scot: I say you certainly can wear the kilt if you want to. If you really want to then I am sure you'll wear it well, and that is all that matters.

As for dealing with the comments, ardchoille has it right:

Except for the last one... About the bicycle shorts... Umm, well -- some people just shouldn't.

[Freedomlover]

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Is it wrong for a person who doesn't ride a bicycle to wear bicycle shorts?

Wearing bicycle shorts is just wrong. Period. ;)

[Carolina Kiltman]

I don't have any pictures I can post, but I have a grandson, whose mother is Korean. . . . and he looks it! He also is learning to play the pipes, need I say more?

[CDNSushi]

Wearing bicycle shorts is just wrong. Period. ;)

Well... In the end, whatever rattles your chain, right? As long as you don't wear your bicycle shorts under yer kilt... Then the kilt police WILL come and give you a beat-down... And we'll have to revoke your X-marks membership...

[Navyguy]

Is it wrong for a person who doesn't ride a bicycle to wear bicycle shorts?

I feel that any person should wear what he or she desires - it's known as freedom.

There are no rules, make sure you mention that to the kilt police if you meet them

Uh yes.

Now for the question at hand, wear what you want.

[mbhandy]

Is it wrong for a person who doesn't ride a bicycle to wear bicycle shorts?

I'll second CDNSushi some people just should not.

MrBill

[Spc. Scott]

All I can offer you is this...

Wear it with pride!

[meinfs]

... But isn't it ridiculous for a non Scottish person to wear a tartan kilt?
I have not one Scottish drop in my blood (mainly viking and celtic) so I'm thinking of the comments; ''Why are you wearing a kilt? You'r not Scottish!''
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If you have that issue, just consider me - I'm Asian, not Caucasian. There's always that undercurrent of insecurity when I wear a kilt.

A really good friend who's very supportive of my kilt wearing finally said that he thinks is "surreal." (It's surreal to see an Asian wear something considered very western). To which I said - nothing he says or anyone, for that matter, will make me stop from wearing my kilts.

***Anybody who has pictures of Asian men in Kilts, please PM me or post here - so I can send it all to my friend so he can get used to it. *** [Maybe somebody could start a thread on "Kilted Asians" :-]


I was asked if I was Irish at HomeDepot, wearing my khaki xkilt -- he may have been yanking my chain. [A friend told me to just say "Yes" to that question. ]


[With recent threads of photo request stories; great stories, btw] nobody's ever asked to have their picture taken with me (for the kilt, at least), not that I care for that; most likely because I certainly don't look Scottish (or white). Why would a touristy stranger have a pic taken with an "incomplete" Scot. If that ever happens, you'll be the first to know...lol. [This is not self-pity, I'm just stating my observations and opinion].

I am proud to be in a kilt, especially because I've created them myself.

It does take courage (even more for me).



This is me in my DIY Stewart Gray kilt in PV.



Edit:
Hi all. I don't mean to shanghai the thread from Nordic/Viking to Asian. LOL. I posted my thoughts because the thread's title is "Wearing a kilt but being non-Scottish," which I think covers a concern and opinion that I have, which may be a very small minority in this esteemed forum. Apologies to Gunnar and XMTS.

[ardchoille]

To which I said - nothing he says or anyone, for that matter, will make me stop from wearing my kilts.

That's the spirit! Good on you

Gunnar, there's one very important question everyone must themselves.. "Who writes the rules you live by?". My family is Scottish, we go waaaay back.. and I'd actually like to see every male on the planet wear the kilt.

[gilmore]

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***Anybody who has pictures of Asian men in Kilts, please PM me or post here - so I can send it all to my friend so he can get used to it. *** [Maybe somebody could start a thread on "Kilted Asians" :-]


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There were----and are---quite a few south Asians who wore and wear kilts, those in the British army in the Indian Subcontinent, as well, I believe, some Indian and/or Pakistani regiments who still wear them on ocassion.