Real men wear kilts?
 

If so, here is where you can buy them.

http://www.utilikilts.com/images/pro...orkmans_sm.jpg

yeah, sure :oogle: :lol:

I'd wear that

I'd wear those, but I wouldn't buy them for those prices.

It's not at all uncommon to see men around my town wearing Utilikilts. :D

Those are great!

I first saw Utilikilts at the OR Country Fair. They are utilitarian - very heavy cotton, unisex, many colors. Mary asked for one for Christmas about 5 years ago.

Sexy. They look particularly good with workboots.

Edit: I might one myself, except for the cleaning and the weight of the garment.

I like the traditional Scottish kilts better.

This reminds me of how high heels were originally made for men.

This thread is useless without word from Shani.



No offense...

awwww I feel special lol

Utilikilts are awesome!! If you cant get the real thing, this is next best. I spent all of St.Patricks weekend in Savannah selling utilikilts

http://picasaweb.google.com/shanifaye/SavannahMarch2008

If you want the comfort of a kilt but cant afford the hundreds of dollars a real one costs THIS is the way to go.

I had more fun fitting guys for kilts that weekend than I've had in a very long time (evil grin)

My fav though is the black or dark green, I dont like the khaki one so much, even though thats the one I personally own

**edit to note that the one listed isnt the regular utilikilt, its the workman and its a little more expensive than the regular one, its still cheaper than a traditional 6 or 8 yard plaid though

Hey Shani, I didnt know you were into kilts. I once sewed a dancing kilt for my highland girl. She wore a size 0, and it took 10 yards of the most beautiful wool (I cant remember the tartan). Those pleats, there had to have been a million, had to be sewn by hand so that they laid right and flipped out when dancing. Do you sew? If youre ever interested I might still have the how-to video.

oh yes its a well known fact im heavy into kilts lol When Dave and I got married we had a Renn wedding and his mother made all the kilts (2 tartan and 1 leather one) lol she had strong words for quite awhile on doing the pleats on the leather one hehehehe

I just bought one on my recent trip to Maine. I love it!

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*sigh*

I wouldn't be caught dead wearing something like that.

It's a skirt...on a man. That's just wrong.

You know, I see half the crap "men" are wearing, acid-washed jeans, sweatpants in public with license plate pictures on them, "wife-beater" shirts, tractor hats advertising the latest monster truck rally, and I think, "you couldn't pay me to dress how these so-called men dress!" Fuck society's rules on who gets to wear what!

I make fun of my friend for wearing a kilt, but only because he is my best friend. Kilts rock and I would totally rock one if I had any Irish/Scottish in me. Everyone in this thread who wears a kilts ROCKS.

Shani, which would you suggest for me, one of these ulitikilts or a real one? I tried a real tartan kilt on, but I felt silly cause I have no ancestry in the isles. I'd like to pick one up to wear around town and such.

From the Utilikilt website:

A NOTE ABOUT “REAL KILTS”:It is often suggested that Utilikilts* are not “real kilts.” This is 100% TRUE!

“Real Kilts” are defined as: “A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.”

Utilikilts*, on the other hand, are manskirts (as are Scottish traditional kilts, and, for that matter, any M.U.G (Men’s Unbifurcated Garment).

That being said, Utilikilts* are not Real Kilts, as in “I don’t need a Utilikilt*, I have a real kilt at home”

And so the conversation begins; “Then why aren’t you wearing your real kilt on a gorgeous day like today?”

We hear all the standard excuses:

“Well, it’s wool, so it gets hot”
“Well, it’s wool, so it gets itchy”
“Well, I spent a thousand dollars on it, so I only wear it for special occasions”
“Well, it has to be dry-cleaned, so I only wear it for special occasions”
“Well, it doesn’t have any pockets, so I can’t carry my stuff”
“Well, I didn’t want to wear my hose with flashes and my shiny shoes today”
“Well, I rode my motorcycle today, and plaid doesn’t really go with my leather boots”
“Well, I only wear it when I play the bagpipes…” *shudder*
“Well I didn’t know what kinda trouble I was gonna get myself into tonight so I thought it would be better to ….blah blah blah.”

…And not don the kilt? Well the trouble you’ll get is a helluva lot less than had you worn the kilt! And here you are crying me a river? You should be two sheets to the wind, pub bound, and already up to your neck in trouble!

That’s not a Kilt!
Heresy!
Sacrilege!
And so I want one!!!

Okay, enough said.

Listen, here at The Utilikilts Company, we have nothing against “Real Kilts,” we just think they’re impractical. If you want to spend that kind of money on a skirt that you only wear 3 times a year, be our guest. But we think Freedom should be more convenient, cheaper, and more comfortable than that.

AND ONE MORE THING: “NICE SKIRT!”

When people see you in your Utilikilt* and scream out “NICE SKIRT”, don’t try to lambaste them into calling it a kilt. (And, not to point fingers, but it’s usually the Scots who force the “it’s not a skirt, it’s a kilt” onto every possible conversation.)

Sheesh, if somebody says “nice skirt”, don’t be an ungrateful arse! Thank them very much and then turn them onto our website. This is usually best accomplished in the privacy and ambiance of a proper pub: “Guinness Talk” we call it. The instigator is usually anxious to buy you a round, and this also gives him the chance to see the Utilikilt* in action. After two rounds (you ARE going to spring for the second round, right?), he’ll have seen enough women making eyes at you, or, even better, trying the proverbial “kilt check”, to understand that this skirt is not without it’s benefits. If he didn’t already think you were a god for wearing the thing in the first place, he now knows you’re a god because, well, there’s a slim chance in hell that you’re not getting laid tonight.

LE I'd have to go with that LE posted. Dave has both and sometimes the "real" ones just are not practical for what we are doing but he still wants the freedom kilts allow you so he wears one of hi utilikilts. He's got a couple of those, his leather one from the wedding, his regimental and his honeymoon so he's pretty much ready for any occasion.

For your purposes I'd save the money and buy a utilikilt and get used to it. Then if you want a dressier one, get a "real" one. Either way you'll look fantastic.

As Dave's tshirt says "If I was wearing anything under it THEN it would be a skirt" lol

And I agree with Lucifer, I'd much rather see a man in something thats been around for hundreds of years than see his boxer shorts cause he wears his pants down below his ass.

Co-incidentally enough, it's only in Europe and the Americas where men don't wear some form of wrap around garment below the waist. Call it what you will: Pareo, Sarong, Sulu, Lava-lava, it's the common dress for men from Tahiti right the way through Micronesia, Melanesia, Indonesia, India, Africa.

I don't wear a kilt but I have been known to wear a sarong. It's comfortable.

Sorry. Not for me. Too many scars from too many operations. Have at em guys :thumbsup:

It's only a skirt if you're wearing something underneath ;)



I love kilts. At the bar where we play trivia, all the male servers wear kilts (the women wear plaid skirts), and they. are. HOT. Also part (but not all) of the reason I enjoy Renn Fest & Celtic Fest so much :)

You know I'm going to be buying one of these ulitikilts right? Just thought I'd let you know.

you'll never wear shorts again!

Wow...Lucifer in a Utilikilt...:swoon:

I still need to get my man in one of these.

I'd rock it...The thought of the breeze down there sounds magnificent. I don't care if they call it a kilt or a skirt either, people should wear whatever is comfortable.

I totally want one.

RB can I inspect you if you get one?

I have a friend who wears a utilikilt. It's pretty cool and works well on him. It would not work well on me, so I do not wear one.