Did Mother Nature Lift Your Kilt?

[Moosehead]

Casey,

didn't by any chance happen in front of the Earl of Sussex, did it?

[GMan]

The only time that I have sudden exposure is when I leap over tall buildings or jump off a roof.

Seriously though I have yet to encounter any lifting by the wind. And I do avoid heat grates as I do not look any where close to Marilyn Monroe.

[whiteravenJr.]

It has happened quite a few times once or twice golfing once hiking and a few times coming out of buildings.

[Nick]

If it wasn't for the fact that my winter coat is mid-thigh-length my kilt would have been lifted last Monday. We had our St. Patricks Day Storm Sunday and Monday, and I walk to and from classes. There were some pretty powerful windgusts when I was brushing off my car. I was wearing my SWK standard, which is lighter weight than my other kilts (though, I must say, warmer.)

[binx]

A lightweight polyester kilt is a different matter and being a non-traditional kilt there is no justification for wearing such a kilt regimental.

WHAT? I love the comfort and air-conditioning of my lightweight polyviscose in the summer! That's my justification, and modesty to the winds...

binx

[Pleater]

Pleater, you should be more careful about causing car accidents.

Twice now - at the same spot by the traffic lights some poor man has had palpitations at the sight of my lace edged petticoats - knee length petticoats, light cream in colour and a good safe cotton too - maybe they just don't have much excitement in their lives.

Oh well, at least no one had keeled over at the wheel yet, and the damage has been fairly minimal.

I am a little doubtful about wearing the black one, however - and have decided against making the maroon one I planned - far too close to red for the good of the traffic.

It is the conformation of the land and buildings there. The parish church stands back from the road and has an open area with seats and flower beds - it is the sunny side of the main street. A wind from the South has to come up the slope to the top of the ridge on which the road runs, and it is funnelled by tall buildings on the South side of the cross roads, so it gets stronger, and then is let loose in the open piazza, bouncing off buildings and destroying umbrellas, stealing hats and generally causing mischief.

[NewKilt]

I wear black undies - all the time so I don't worry, and why should the sight of undies upset anyone? I see young lads all the time walking the streets with their undies showing, it's almost a fashion statement!

Same here, Graham, although not always black. If you are referring to those young guys who wear their pants down so low that 3-4 inches of their underwear is showing - I've begun to wonder if they are trying to get the crotch of their pants down lower for comfort.

Darrell

[bikercelt1]

I have had Marilyn effect a couple of times, most notably in the carpark/parade ground outside Edinburgh Castle! We just finished visiting the castle and I'd been trying to hold down my 16 oz kilt much of the day when a sudden gust caught me unprepared. I don't know how high my kilt went, but it was high enough. Time stood still. I felt as though the entire world had just frozen in mid-heartbeat to stare at me. If there are any pictures I fervently hope to never see them. I think I've had at least one "Marilyn Moment" in every kilt I own but none as memorable as that.

Jamie

[pbpersson]

I don't know if this counts but it happened to me last night - three times. I hope no one saw as I think that no one was around.

I was going out for a walk around 9:00 (and late at night I always dress for comfort, wink-wink) and I was trying to lock my front door as I left. Well, apparently the wind was blowing into the entryway, hitting the door, and just heading straight up because the front of my kilt started billowing up while I had one hand on the doorknob pulling on the door and the other hand on the key.

So, I pushed it back down into place and returned to my work on the door and then IT DID IT AGAIN! I looked down at it in disbelief as it gradually kept billowing higher and higher. I pushed it back down and said out loud "STOP THAT!!" as though that would do any good.....

Later when I returned from the walk and was trying to unlock the door the BACK of the kilt started flying up in the air. This is my very first experience with this and I think it was really flying. I put my hand back there, held it in place, and then once inside walked to a mirror to see how high it got. High enough......

This is a Utilikilt original.

[Riverkilt]

I remember those Phoenix winds well. Those UK originals are great for the summer heat, not so great in a monsoon wind.

Danger zones are at barriers like that - a door...I also have to watch it at automatic doors, like at the supermarket...the sudden air pressure exchange can do wild things.

For some real kilt lifting fun stand near a pick up truck on a windy day - you get both the wind hitting the truck as a barrier and the wind coming under the truck to somehow provide a lift.

I've paid more attention to how women in skirts cope with the wind and sometimes up here, on what they call the 'windy mesa', they just put their hands straight down at their sides and gather in any slack until they get out of the wind.

You know you're in trouble when the bottom of your kilt apron is plastered to your face by the wind...

Someone who understands sailboating could proabably write a pretty good book on kilting in the wind.

My favorite kilt in the wind adventure was in Albuquerque, in front of a hotel restaurant, tables next to the window inside, me outside in my basil UK survival II which had previously withstood helicopter rotar wash with ease...I never dreamed there'd be one of those sidewalk upvents like in New York City and Chicago...but there was. Fortunately, I couldn't see the diners since my kilt was up in my face...just kept on walking and avoided the grate on my return trip.

I imagine there are people still telling the story about the time the guy in the kilt walked by and the updraft hit him....

Hmmm, this is an old thread..did I already tell this story....sorry.....??

Ron