Today I was shopping for groceries at my local health-food store while wearing my UK Original. Even though we got nearly a foot of snow during a recent storm I am still wearing my kilts.
A middle-aged woman swoops out of the vitamin aisle, and quite loudly says, “Oh I love your Man Skirt! I think they are so hot…”. Clearly she meant it as a compliment, so I just said thanks.
Popular author, JK Rowling, is always big news. Her appearances are attended by thousands. So, when JK Rowling talks about kilts, that makes for Kilts in the News.
At the recent Pride of Britain Awards, the best selling author and Edinburgh resident saw the heroes from the Glasgow ‘bombing attack’ donning the kilt, and reportedly said “When I saw them standing there on stage I thought, ‘God I love a man in a kilt.’ I married one after all,â€
In a recent interview, Rowling stated that her husband has a couple of kilts, and even answered a press question about what he wore under them!
Despite the wide variety of dress encountered in her books, only one of her characters appeared kilted. According to wikipedia, “Basil – Ministry official at the Quidditch World Cup, wears a kilt and poncho in an attempt to replicate Muggle clothing”
Long have men been subject to the poor and limited choices offered by the Trouser Tyrants. Pants are dead! Long Live the Kilt!
