Working in a kilt

[Hologenicman]

How many out there work in a kilt?

Personally, I do yard work and perhaps firewood, but I expect there are people who make an income wearing a kilt such as professional bagpipers or construction workers or other professions that ai am not thinking of...

[Pleater]

I requested that a kilt should be included as part of the morris kit my side wears. It really helps in the hot weather.

Anne the Pleater

[Hologenicman]

I requested that a kilt should be included as part of the morris kit my side wears. It really helps in the hot weather.

Anne the Pleater

That was an education for me!

In my ignorance, I had never heard of Morris Dancers. Thank you for enriching me.

John L>

https://youtu.be/RZjLATAUwao

[OC Richard]

I requested that a kilt should be included as part of the Morris kit my side wears.
Anne the Pleater

As an American who has followed English football for many years, it's cool to see you use those English sporting terms so unfamiliar to most here in the US.

The American translation would be "part of the Morris uniform my team wears".

It reminds me of the English football match we were watching which featured one side in shirts lacking players' numbers or names.

What had happened was that prior to the match the match official had declared "kit clash". The solution was for the home side to go to the club shop and grab all the shirts of a particular type (supporters' shirts, not one of the club's authentic kits) and play the match in them.

This is inconceivable in the US. For example in baseball every team has a white uniform worn for home games and a grey uniform worn for road games. It dates back to when teams on the road couldn't wash their uniforms.

In the NFL each team has a uniform in team colours and a white uniform.

Thus there can never be kit clash, and you know at a glance who is the home team. (In England clubs often wear their home kit away, if it contrasts well with the home side's home kit.)

[Pleater]

Anonymous Morris @ Swanage Folk Festival 2019 - YouTube

The ones in the black and purple are my lot - there is a kilt about half way through - many sides are including kilts as the summers are getting hotter.

Anne the Pleater

[Hologenicman]

Anonymous Morris @ Swanage Folk Festival 2019 - YouTube

The ones in the black and purple are my lot - there is a kilt about half way through - many sides are including kilts as the summers are getting hotter.

Anne the Pleater

We thoroughly enjoyed the video!

I can see how that could get hot...

John L>

[MichiganKyle]

I work in IT, and as such have (for years, long before 2020) worked from home quite a bit of the time. I mean, I remote into servers all over the country anyway, so I can remote in just as well from home as I can remote in from the office, and my workstation's better and more powerful at home. But even in the office I quite often wear a kilt. Exceptions being if I have to do a customer site visit or do work on a ladder (security cameras, WiFi access points, pulling wires through a ceiling, etc.). Or if I have to do something like tear apart a laser printer. Other than that, I generally work kilted as much as I can.

There is, from what I hear, a roofer in town who does roofing in a kilt. Although I have never seen him, I've heard about him. He's...apparently quite popular with the ladies at the hardware store.

[KennethSime]

I used to work as a backpacking guide, and I wore either a Utilikilt for quite a bit of it. Later I found the Mountain Hardwear Elkommando kilt, which was much more suitable for hiking.

The Utilikilt came in handy during a COVID-inspired construction project recently. It was pretty great - hardly had to wear a tool belt on days I wore my kilt.

I work at a small gym, which means that I can only really wear a kilt when I know it's going to be a "no surprises" kind of day. Unfortunately, those days are few and far between. When I do get to wear a kilt, I go for a USA Kilts Casual, because it looks the part without being expensive, and is machine washable in case I do have to get my hands dirty. I suppose I could wear my Sportkilt easy enough as well, but the USAK Casual just looks better.

[Hologenicman]

I used to work as a backpacking guide, and I wore either a Utilikilt for quite a bit of it. Later I found the Mountain Hardwear Elkommando kilt, which was much more suitable for hiking.

The Utilikilt came in handy during a COVID-inspired construction project recently. It was pretty great - hardly had to wear a tool belt on days I wore my kilt.

I work at a small gym, which means that I can only really wear a kilt when I know it's going to be a "no surprises" kind of day. Unfortunately, those days are few and far between. When I do get to wear a kilt, I go for a USA Kilts Casual, because it looks the part without being expensive, and is machine washable in case I do have to get my hands dirty. I suppose I could wear my Sportkilt easy enough as well, but the USAK Casual just looks better.

I will check out the UDA Kilt casual.

I have an Angry Bastard Warhorse Kilt ordered already...

John L>

[Hologenicman]

I work in IT, and as such have (for years, long before 2020) worked from home quite a bit of the time. I mean, I remote into servers all over the country anyway, so I can remote in just as well from home as I can remote in from the office, and my workstation's better and more powerful at home. But even in the office I quite often wear a kilt. Exceptions being if I have to do a customer site visit or do work on a ladder (security cameras, WiFi access points, pulling wires through a ceiling, etc.). Or if I have to do something like tear apart a laser printer. Other than that, I generally work kilted as much as I can.

There is, from what I hear, a roofer in town who does roofing in a kilt. Although I have never seen him, I've heard about him. He's...apparently quite popular with the ladies at the hardware store.

I imagine it would be very comfortable working from home.

John L>