A windproof kilt?

[sharpdressedscot]

How 'bout one made of metal??

[Mipi]

How 'bout one made of metal??

..or leather..

[Riverkilt]

Sorry guys - all the weight in the world isn't gonna stop the wind.

Here's my brown leather Utilikilt - my heaviest kilt. No doubt heavier even than those 22oz replicas from What Price Glory.



If the wind is right even the heaviest kilt is gonna parachute up.

The answer isn't heavier kilts or weights in the seams.

The answer is to get out in the wind with the kilts you own and learn how the wind blows and how to "sail" your kilts in the winds you experience.

Plenty of threads on it. Danger areas are walking up to vehicles - particularly trucks...doors of buildings where air pressure may surge in or out....passing corners of buildings into "wind tunnel" effect areas....passing trucks and busses...etc. etc.

But I contend the best way to learn to "sail" your kilts in the wind is go out in the wind while you're wearing them - preferably in a secluded area - and learn what the wind can and cannot do to them.

I've also learned from watching women in dresses that when the wind is bad they hold their arms straight down at their sides to control dress fly up. Even better if you have a briefcase or grocery bag hanging from your hand.

But - forget the weight...won't help if the wind is right. And besides, nothing prettier than the wind dancing in the pleats of a hand sewn wool kilt...

Ron

[Makeitstop]

OK, it can happen, but...it's not the end of the world.

Well, that depends on the circumstances.

The first time I went regimental, I was wearing a stillwater thrifty, and had to walk for half an hour to make it to my classes. Since I was in hurry I didn't bother to check the weather. If I had, I would have certainly gone with pants, as the wind was gusting over 50 mph. And of course, it didn't pick up until I was halfway to my destination, and in front of a bunch of high school girls. I barely managed to hold the thing down, but the rest of the way there, it got progressively worse, until I was on campus, and saw that there were a bunch of 3rd graders piling out of buses. I thought "great, if I slip up once I'll be wearing an ankle bracelet and introducing myself to my neighbors for the rest of my life."

While I don't think anyone saw anything, it was only because I held the kilt down (looking rather silly in the process). On the way back, it did fly open, and I know it wasn't my imagination, as I could feel it hit me in back. The same thing has happened with my Alphakilt, and that's the heaviest kilt I have (I have yet to wind test my X-kilt)

Trust me, lightweight kilts + high winds = trouble.


Actually, what would be great would be a sportkilt with cargo pockets, rear pockets and an under apron pocket, which would be comfortable, and have sufficient weight to be windproof. Unfortunately, I don't think they offer anything exactly like that.