KILTS!!!!

Any other Kilt wearers here in the great Internet forum melting pot???

In reply to Recon1342 :

Ach laddie!  I’m roughly 50/50 Scottish/ Irish but I dinnae have a kilt.   

I walked into the men's bathroom today to a kilt wearer inside.  I got confused for a second.

I went to a field hockey game today. 

I always kinda wanted one of those Utilikilts. I have the legs to pull it off, but the effect is ruined by the big pizza gut.

DW and I go to a couple craft festivals every year and we always play Kilt Bingo.  Never fail to see a few with that crowd.

I have one that I bust out once or twice a year.

If it's not Scottish,  its crap!

I'll claim the Scottish/Irish heritage but the closest I get to a kilt is a pair of cargo shorts. 

In reply to Appleseed :

This particular MUBG (male unbifurcated garment) is from USA Kilts. Handmade in Pennsylvania by Ally (the kilt maker who makes your kilt at USA Kilts signs the care sheet that comes with it.) , using Scottish-made cloth. In this case, it is a casual kilt, and the fabric is Marton Mills polyviscose.

Worn one many times.

Nothing beats the comfort of an unfurnished basement.

I don't have one, but I know a certain Brit transplant who does. 

I suppose I have something to tell my forever questioning family that I want for Christmas.

https://youtu.be/MZ35SOU9HTM

All I have is a line from a black and white British movie.

”Kilty, kilty cold bum!”

Yes!  I own two right now.  One is a Utility and the other is a full-dress wool 8-yard kilt custom tailored for me by MacLeod's in Glasgow.

I also wear skirts.  Because berkeley gender-normative fashion stereotypes.

I've considered it, never have. I like the idea, but I've always thought that it would feel somewhat pretentious, since I'm a few generations removed from the old country. 

If you can pull it off, great.
 

Our surname came from the highlands, although it was originally Norse. 
 

My Miata. The lion rampant is the traditional Scottish flag, the white  Saint Andrew's cross on a blue field is the Scottish National flag.

Saw two in action at a Run n Gun 20 miles south of Marfa, TX a few weeks back. Striking.

I really wish I knew my family's clan so I could chose a proper tartan.

Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:

Yes!  I own two right now.  One is a Utility and the other is a full-dress wool 8-yard kilt custom tailored for me by MacLeod's in Glasgow.

I also wear skirts.  Because berkeley gender-normative fashion stereotypes.

Honest question: what's the difference between a skirt and a kilt?

In reply to Appleseed :

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You'll discover tartans don't have nearly as much meaning as we assign to them...

In reply to thatsnowinnebago :

A traditionally made kilt contains approximately 8 yards of 16oz fine worsted wool woven in a tartan pattern. Weighs 4-5 lbs. 

Skirts are much lighter.

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

I don't have one, but I know a certain Brit transplant who does. 

Saw the previously referenced transplant wandering the hood in his kilt recently.

I got one this September and have worn it at least 5 times so far with the last time being Halloween.

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:

Our surname came from the highlands, although it was originally Norse. 
 

You should at least give it a try. They're rather comfortable. As far as genealogy goes, it's a hobby of mine. My family lived in the British Isles before the Normans arrived. It's pretty neat stuff. 

Clan MacRae Ancient Hunting tartan, in front of my MacRae family castle in Dornie (Eileen Donan) back in 2013. The kilt was made for me by Macnaughton's of Pitlochry when we visited there in 2010. Fun to wear on special occasions/rennefairs (and the ladies seem drawn to it). Also have a utilikilt.

And now older, but still wearing it (this is at MGs on the Rocks here in MD with my mostly British car...):

I rock a Utilikilt at Burning Man, never broke it out in the real world. 

No lie, it's pretty comfy, and really does work like cargo shorts.

This would have been me in the clan tartan in the 19th-century Scottish Highlands. 

I don't think I can pull off the look.