Kilted Skirts?

[Moosedog]

Hello, Topher,

Welcome to XMarks!

Kilt on,

Moosedog

[CDNSushi]

It is interesting that women can get away with cross-dressing much more legitimately than men can... My wife can put on my shirts, pants and even boxers and no one (even me) would look at her funny... And yet, if I were to put on one of her dresses, stockings and high heels, it would be the spectacle of the year (AND I'd be looked down on as some kind of freak)... I've always wondered why that was -- why it works one way but not the other. whatever.

Anyway... Having said that, I don't really care if women want to wear kilts or not. It doesn't affect me one way or another what someone chooses to wear. When I first started wearing my kilt around Japan I thought that maybe I'd get mistaken for a perv. who puts on schoolgirl uniforms... But then, looking at it more closely, realized that there are some pretty important differences between kilts and kilted skirts. Probably the biggest one is that many kilted skirts (and pretty much all of Japan's schoolgirl skirts) are pleated all the way around, not just in the back... There's really no mistaking the two if you stop and think about it.

Oh, and speaking of cross-dressing, notice how the Japanese combine a women's skirt with a men's dress shirt and necktie.... Go figure!

[Mipi]

In general, I don't see any problems in women wearing kilts. Anyone should see for him/herself what fits the best and what's giving the best comfort.

But...

I see what is saying CDNSuchi and fully agree with him.

[Mipi]

Oh yes!

Welcome to Topher and Snesgamer!

[highlander_Daz]

In an era where ladies are wearing trousers more and more, a lady in a skirt still has an impact, a lady friend who works as a slaes rep tells me she always seems to be fussed over and gets more attention wearing a smart Skirt,
Id suggest a glance at louises website and see just how good a lass in a kilt can look

http://vippiper.com/Gallery.html

[ScottEPooh]

Let us not forget the added benefit of the kilted skirt, that if you're "caught" looking, you can always innocently explain that you were merely trying to identify the tartan....

[English Bloke]

... I have always looked on them with disgust ... it IS CROSSDRESSING ...

Mmmmm... Isn't this exactly the type of comments given out sometimes by Blokes who don't wear kilts to Blokes who do??

I realise Jamie the Moderator has already made comment but... flippin' 'eck, lighten up fella!

[Pleater]

Oh, and speaking of cross-dressing, notice how the Japanese combine a women's skirt with a men's dress shirt and necktie.... Go figure!

Not quite - the shirt is fastened with the right side having the buttonholes, so it is definitely intended for a woman to wear.

Why it is considered so important I do not know.

When I wear a kimono style garment with a kilt I always close it in the correct way - which is with the left side over the right for living people - (corpses are dressed with the right side over the left) - so I always make my kilts to fasten on the right so they match.

If that is school uniform it is pretty standard - from age eleven to eighteen I had to wear bottle green and white in various forms - to differentiate the three sections of the school and the time of year. In the winter the senior school girls wore white shirt style blouses, all round box pleated bottle green skirts and bottle green cardigans, and the school tie (bottle green with a gold diagonal stripe differentiated with their house colours) to be tied in a plain knot. Woe betide the pupil who arrived in anything other than the correct variation.

Anne the Pleater

[Ealisaid]

Louise looks fabulous!

I have wondered, too, why most people are used to seeing women in slacks, jeans, blazers, and other attire considered not so long ago to be suitable for men only-- but get shocked when they see a man dressed "as a woman". Ladies have far more latitude than men when it comes to dress. It could be because men's clothing has historically evolved to be functional, and women's to be perhaps more "decorative". Nowadays I want nice-looking clothing that also is comfy and practical. High heels, nylons, etc do not fill that bill, so I wear kilts! Not knocking what *anyone* else wears-- that is their beeswax!

[Dixiecat]

As has been said in this thread, if you have any issues with women wearing the kilt 'lighten up'. I find it very ironic that some get all hyped up about 'one of the only men's garments' being worn by women. So what? Life is too short to worry about something like that. As devil's advocate here, let me put this statement out: that any utilikilt adaptation of the traditional kilt is actually a skirt. Any man wearing one of those is the 'crossdresser'.

I never wore a real kilt until I started dancing and my goodness what a wonderful garment! It is the most comfortable 'skirt' I've ever worn. I love the Sword dance because of the swing the kilt exhibits (especially this year with the reverse points and the open pas de basque quick step!).

I'm with Cloves on this. I will not feminize this garment. Whenever I wear it, I'm paying tribute to the wonderful culture that encompasses Highland dancing and piping. And by goodness, I'll wear it the way it's supposed to be worn, fell stitched down, closing left over right, no kilt pin. Eventually my dancing days will be over (started at 40), and that kilt will make it into my everyday wear.

ps. no sporran, pc, argyle, etc will be used when wearing my kilt

pps. I do not actually hold the opinion as expressed in my first paragraph, just stirring the pot.....

ppps. Panache you made me snort coffee!