Promotion of the kilt & is it a skirt!

[James]

Carrying on from my earlier post--after all these years of kilt wearing I cannot get bothered about a kilt being called a skirt--after all we all wear skirts--that's right-on our coats.

More interesting is the attitude of the speaker: if it is positive as it always is-then a plus point.

Whilst unlike an earlier commentator--I on average get at least one compliment every time I go into central London. Ranging from 'nice skirt' said in a complimentary way to 'I do like to see the kilt'--'You do look good dressed like that': to serious chats about tartans etc. [Can I get away with claiming my natural charm and good looks--or are they taking pity on the grey hairs!]

Having said that, I well appreciate the need to differentiate kilt wearing from cross dressing-which is certainly not my interest. Too I must realise that my experience of having worn the kilt since childhood-and now being 68-I've not had to face the battles - problems: that many of those reading this post must have faced, and still do face. This possibly leads me to take a more relaxed attitude to things.

So I'd suggest that it is context and intent that is important: and when positive as said it always is--then a plus for kilt wearing.

James

[Rigged]

I've gotten a few "I like your skirt" comments recently. They were all from women and they were all sincere. Some were from classmates. One was a woman who struck up a long conversation in line at the grocery store.

Today, a female clerk in the Safeway supermarket interrogated me for several minutes about the kilt. I was wearing the Nightwatch Camo UK, black work boots with hiking socks topped in hunter red, a maroon hooded sweatshirt, and my favorite khaki cap -- a rather "guy" looking outfit.

Also today, I got some nice comments from a woman who's best friend's boyfriend wears a leather Utilikilt.

What I find interesting is that many women are very curious as to why a man would wear a kilt (or skirt). It makes sense to them when I explain the comfort and practicality of it, especially when I remind them of how male anatomy is constructed.

So, I found I don't mind someone calling my kilt a skirt as long as it's not meant as a put-down.

[Mychael Sporrano]

I've gotten a few "I like your skirt" comments recently. They were all from women and they were all sincere.

Same here. I don't think that I have ever been complimented on my "skirt" in a sarcastic or derisive fashion. Anymore, I don't even bother offering that while what I am wearing is technically a skirt, it is more accurately referred to as a kilt. I take the compliment in the spirit in which it was intended and either engage in a little more conversation or move on after a polite, "Thank you!".

Mychael

[Riverkilt]

Been home sick with a cold...ventured out to get supplies and stop at the post office to pick up mail (they don't deliver up here).

So coming out of the post office I meet a Navajo friend, ex-Marine. I'm wearing my new Pittsburgh Kilts Desert MARPAT and he just smiles and says, "Where's your bagpipe Marine?" But he said it with the utmost respect of a friend talking to a friend...nice....a sideways compliment spoken with respect by a friend.

Ron

[James]

Carrying on from my earlier post--after all these years of kilt wearing I cannot get bothered about a kilt being called a skirt--after all we all wear skirts--that's right-on our coats.

More interesting is the attitude of the speaker: if it is positive as it always is-then a plus point.

Whilst unlike an earlier commentator--I on average get at least one compliment every time I go into central London. Ranging from 'nice skirt' said in a complimentary way to 'I do like to see the kilt'--'You do look good dressed like that': to serious chats about tartans etc. [Can I get away with claiming my natural charm and good looks--or are they taking pity on the grey hairs!]

Having said that, I well appreciate the need to differentiate kilt wearing from cross dressing-which is certainly not my interest. Too I must realise that my experience of having worn the kilt since childhood-and now being 68-I've not had to face the battles - problems: that many of those reading this post must have faced, and still do face. This possibly leads me to take a more relaxed attitude to things.

So I'd suggest that it is context and intent that is important: and when positive as said it always is--then a plus for kilt wearing.

James