February 02, 2004
Should Men Wear Kilts?
Disclaimer: I am a Survivor nut. I have seen every episode, attended weekly Survivor gatherings, dressed as Rudy Boesch at a Survivor 1 finale party and I think Big Tom should be president.
My question after last night is: Should men wear kilts? The king, Richard Hatch, was nattily attired in a Utilkilt when he wasn't naked. The garment appeared well-made, very utilitarian, and looked good even on Richard's big ass. And we all remember Rupert quickly made himself a skirt on Survivor: Pearl Islands when his Levis started chaffing.
Is is possible for a normal, heterosexual, red-blooded, non-Scottish male to wear a kilt and be taken seriously? For some reason, I think the answer is no and that's a shame. We men just don't have any variety when it comes to clothing choices. For formals we wear tuxedos. To dress up we wear suits. Business casual puts us in button downs and khakis. Casual finds us in jeans. Slumming has us in t-shirts, shorts and trainers. Where does the kilt fit in? That's what I want to know!!!!
Posted by Mitch | Permalink | TrackBack"Trainers," Mitch? Have you suddenly gone Brit on us? I could have sworn we called those "sneakers" here in the good ol' US of A. ;-)
And if I ever come over to your house and find you in a kilt, I'm telling your Mom.
Posted by Craig at February 2, 2004 01:48 PMI keep in touch with my friends in Wales and watch too much BBCA I guess. I always felt so clandestine when I claimed to be wearing "sneakers".
Oh come on Craig! You and I helped usher in extreme inline skating in Cincinnati. Surely we can get this bunch of clods to wear kilts!
Posted by Mitch at February 2, 2004 02:02 PMGiven Cincinnati's heritage, I'd say lederhosen maybe, kilts prolly not.
- Craig [wearing his "tennis shoes"]
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Posted by Sam at February 2, 2004 06:17 PMI live just up the road from Utilikilts here in Seattle, and I've been into the store a couple of times (once to look around, once to get a gift cert for my brother-in-law [who now owns a kilt himself]). There's a very strong community of kilt-wearers/afficionados/evangelists, and gol-dang-it, I think that's great. It's just not my personal style... :)
Utilikilts is business casual and casual. There is nothing wrong with a man wearing a kilt in a any occasion, such as wedding, business meeting and hanging out
Posted by bcmtnbka at February 3, 2004 09:36 PMUtilikilts is business casual and casual. There is nothing wrong with a man wearing a kilt in a any occasion, such as wedding, business meeting and hanging out
Posted by bcmtnbka at February 3, 2004 09:36 PM"...and hanging out" -- literally!
Posted by Craig at February 5, 2004 08:32 AMOf course men should wear kilts, it's only the hottest outfit besides the birthday suit. Well I think it should be legalized and everyone should wear one.
Posted by Anderson at February 24, 2004 08:24 PMSure it's okay to wear 'em. I'm Scottish and back home you see them everywhere. Business men, construction workers, just random guys on the street. People don't think anything of it. It's also a particular turn-on for women somehow. They say, "a man in a kilt is a man and a half."
Posted by Rob at March 29, 2004 02:05 PMSo I got a kilt for my birthday from amerikilt.com and decided to wear it to work today. Boy am I getting crap from HR. Everyone else likes it, but HR is already emailing my boss telling him that it's not acceptable. I checked my employee handbook and there is no mention of kilts. Women are allowed to wear skirts and knee-length (walking) shorts and they definitely do in my office. What do you guys think?
By the way, it is a putty colored kilt that matches my COMPANY EMBROIDERED shirt!
Posted by Reinier at April 8, 2004 01:34 PMFollow-up to that last message...
I was just called and told to go home and change. I told them that this is much more business casual than a woman wearing a blue denim skirt (which there are 2 right now) and they disagreed and told me to go home and change. They have also called for a manager's meeting to go over the dress policy.
Posted by Reinier at April 8, 2004 03:58 PMWhat was the big deal, were they nervous that you might be 'going commando' and afraid that someone might notice? I'd wear my kilt to work, but I'm fairly sure that folks here would wig out the same way. Bollocks...
-Jimbob
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