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by Charlie
Fri Nov 14, 2025 10:45 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Welcome from Bristol UK
Replies: 20
Views: 1206

Re: Welcome from Bristol UK

I went to the National Gallery in skirt and met nothing welcomes and smiles. They have floor vents which provided a cooling, gentle breezy. 🪁 The breeze wasn't so bad blow the skirt up. Its the same at the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras. Nice on a hot day. I remember the computer room at work back...
by Charlie
Thu Nov 13, 2025 10:31 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Welcome from Bristol UK
Replies: 20
Views: 1206

Re: Welcome from Bristol UK

robehickman wrote: Fri Oct 10, 2025 10:57 pm Hi Robin. There are often a bunch of men in skirts / kilts at the Bristol contra dance, and I've also seen them at ceilidhs.
I'm one of them at the Bristol contra - no better way to dance :D
Charlie
by Charlie
Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Night shirt
Replies: 14
Views: 6769

Re: Night shirt

I went over to wearing nightshirts and nightgowns years ago and have never looked back. Vastly more comfortable than traditional pyjamas and the like. Same here. The decider for me was that the pyjama cord belt was getting tight around my 'middle age' expanding waist :( I tried a man's nightshirt b...
by Charlie
Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
Replies: 1913
Views: 382925

Re: Sightings "in the wild"

Last Monday in Morrisons (supermarket), Wells. There was a guy wearing a knee-length black skirt with black tights. I didn't get a chance to speak to him, but later mentioned it to my wife who said she thought she'd seen him as well. I was wearing a tartan patterned knee-length skirt, which has been...
by Charlie
Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
Replies: 1913
Views: 382925

Re: Sightings "in the wild"

Wednesday outside Cabot Circus in Bristol. Saw a man wearing a skirt while riding a bike. It wasn't causing him any trouble considering the speed he was going at. Also, near Temple Meads station I spotted what appeared to be a man (some women made a decent job of looking like men, intentionally or n...
by Charlie
Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Men in skirts and contra dance
Replies: 12
Views: 4609

Re: Men in skirts and contra dance

Was that the partner of the American caller who was at Alcester on the 4th of October? If so he taught me some spin flourishes and wasn't phased by me wearing a skirt. Nobody said anything negative but I got the feeling that guys wearing twirly skirts isn't common at Alcester. Yes, it was. They cut...
by Charlie
Tue Oct 08, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Men in skirts and contra dance
Replies: 12
Views: 4609

Re: Men in skirts and contra dance

It also works the other way, as what ever skirt I wear, people assume it is a kilt since a man, me is wearing it, and they do not want to offend me. Twice in the past two weeks I've been asked if the denim knee-length skirt I was wearing is a kilt. One was a German monk over from a monastery in Wal...
by Charlie
Tue Oct 08, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: A gender neutral guide to twirly skirts for contra dance
Replies: 9
Views: 3681

Re: A gender neutral guide to twirly skirts for contra dance

I should try that at square dancing sometime, the women do it all the time, largely because there's almost always more women than men. I have been offered the opportunity perhaps twice at dances, as it stand's I don't know exactly how to do it, but I'm told it's not that difficult to switch. There ...
by Charlie
Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: A gender neutral guide to twirly skirts for contra dance
Replies: 9
Views: 3681

Re: A gender neutral guide to twirly skirts for contra dance

An interesting read which deserves more publicity. Perhaps I should print it out and post it on our dance club's notice board. I always dance in a skirt because its so much more fun and comfortable. At the Bristol contra last week there were four of us guys in skirts - out of a total of 45-ish dance...
by Charlie
Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Denim Maxi Skirts
Replies: 15
Views: 5084

Re: Denim Maxi Skirts

I've got one that I wear in the winter. The great thing is that there's room underneath for a (midi) skirt for extra warmth :D
Charlie
by Charlie
Thu Aug 22, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Out and About -- In the World at Large
Replies: 3672
Views: 473472

Re: Out and About -- In the World at Large

Barleymower wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 6:47 am I've just come back form Switzerland too and wore a skirt all the time even though I had trousers with me:
I take trousers with me as well, just as a backup, but they never get unpacked.
Charlie
by Charlie
Wed Aug 21, 2024 5:59 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Out and About -- In the World at Large
Replies: 3672
Views: 473472

Re: Out and About -- In the World at Large

Next week I going to France with my children and not taking shorts or trousers. Eeek! You should be OK. I'm just back from Switzerland via France (on Swiss and French trains), skirted all the way. Wandered around Strasbourg and other places, including a short visit to Italy. Reactions? Just like ho...
by Charlie
Wed Aug 14, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Sightings "in the wild"
Replies: 1913
Views: 382925

Re: Sightings "in the wild"

I was in Wells market place this morning. The wife had just bumped into a mutual friend and they were having a good natter. A guy crossed the road and complimented me on my skirt (knee length A-line denim). I looked down and behold, he too was wearing denim skirt, so I complimented him back. That ma...
by Charlie
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:12 pm
Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
Topic: Out and About -- In the World at Large
Replies: 3672
Views: 473472

Re: Out and About -- In the World at Large

Mrs C and I went to Torremolinos (Spain) in early February for a contra dancing in the sun event. Skirted all the way of course: knee length denim skirt on the budget cattle truck flight out and ankle length skirts in the hotel and for dancing. There were two reactions. We walked along the promenade...
by Charlie
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: When you're asked why do you wear skirts?
Replies: 25
Views: 5601

Re: When you're asked why do you wear skirts?

I just say that I like wearing skirts and prefer them to trousers. Seems to satisfy the curious.
Charlie