What's the best reaction you've gotten to your wearing a kilt?

**BudTX** · 4th June 12, 08:16 PM

Women smile and get chatty. Most men cast sideways glances and won't make eye contact.

**Andy Ternay** · 4th June 12, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by BudTX

Women smile and get chatty. Most men cast sideways glances and won't make eye contact.

I find that to be true especially with Latino men. My guess is that they often lack the cultural frame of reference and just don't get it.

**dea3369** · 5th June 12, 04:09 AM

Originally Posted by Andy Ternay

I find that to be true especially with Latino men. My guess is that they often lack the cultural frame of reference and just don't get it.

Actually, it's more like the object permanence thing. If they don't make eye contact, you don't exist. Hence, they don't have to feel awkward and acknowledge you are wearing something that makes them ill at ease.

BTW, I'm trying to picture what one would actually look like wearing a quilt. I'm sure it has to have box pleats.

**David Thorpe** · 7th June 12, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by dea3369

I'm trying to picture what one would actually look like wearing a quilt. I'm sure it has to have box pleats.

Maybe box springs.

**Joe I** · 6th June 12, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by Andy Ternay

I find that to be true especially with Latino men. My guess is that they often lack the cultural frame of reference and just don't get it.

My step-father is Mexican and was laughing at the IDEA of me wearing a kilt. So I pointed out what the Aztecs wore. He stopped!

**Sharkman** · 6th June 12, 12:09 PM

The first time I went out to a Tartan Day celebration two years ago and my girlfriend and I went to one of the local shopping malls afterwards. She was pretty uncomfortable being in public with me wearing the kilt, I on the other hand was having a ball. A women comes from across the cosmetics department over to us and says, "I'm a Campbell too! Nice Kilt!" My girlfriend starts to take a little more notice and the salesgirl behind the counter starts telling us about her Scottish heritage. I was enjoying the heck out the whole deal!
Only a few of the men we encountered would make any real eye contact!! lol!!!

**Standard** · 1st July 12, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by Joe I

My step-father is Mexican and was laughing at the IDEA of me wearing a kilt. So I pointed out what the Aztecs wore. He stopped!

SOmething similar happened with me. To begin with let me say that my brother-in-law is from Morocco. My nephew who is 7 wasn't sure that he wanted to wear a kilt. He was interested in the kilt, and liked when I wore mine, but didn't want to wear one himself. When I asked him why, and explained that this is what men from Scotland wear, and that it isn't for girls, he said because the kilt was a dress. I asked him what his dad wore (a Moroccan jalaba) and how that was definately a dress. Once the comparison was made to something that he definately understood he decided that the kilt was pretty cool, and that next time we go to the highland games that he thinks he would like one too.

**Standard** · 1st July 12, 07:21 AM

My favourite moment other than the compliments from the young ladies would have to be the time that an older Scottish lady told me that I was wearing the kilt well, looked very smartly dressed and that she liked to see a man in a kilt. Made my day when she gave me that compliment