Kilt Blog

A note to those men who are not only too insecure to wear the kilt, but are so insecure in their own masculinity that they would ridicule those of us who have abandoned trouser tyranny… If you are too drunk to speak, its best to keep your fat mouth shut!

Last night, around midnight, my wife and I were walking through downtown Santa Fe, past a number of bars. Of course most people, us included, had been drinking a bit. One jerk of a guy, I suppose, couldn’t hold his liquor and yelled out, loudly, slurred and in a very sarcastic tone - “Hey Dude! Nice SHIRT!”. Oops. Fail! His friends then razzed him over it.

Yesterday I was in the local grocery store. It is a busy store in a fairly small town and it is not unusual to say hello to people you know. Even strangers are generally friendly and talkative. Every now and then someone, almost always a woman, does comment upon my kilt. But, this was different.

I was standing in the health-food aisle and a young woman exclaims loudly, “Oh my god! Is that a Utilikilt?!?”. “Yes it is,” I answered, and added that it was very comfortable and I really like them. “That’s great, I am so glad you are wearing it,” she said. So far, a little more animated than most, but nothing too loud, not yet making a scene. Then she says, very loudly so that people can hear aisles away, “There is nothing sexier than a man in a skirt!”

I thanked her, and I think perhaps even blushed a little bit. I didn’t berate her for calling it a skirt.  I was quite flattered, really. I am not usually someone unknown young women call sexy in front of dozens of strangers.

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.