How exactly is this NOT a dress!

[Departed Member]

On the other hand the skirt though is perhaps unique in that you can't wear one by stealth, like you can with a top elongated into a dress. Yes, you can wear kilts but the move from kilts to skirts even via the UK is still a quantum leap and I don't really know of any way over that. I'm thinking of ways to get around MOH's antagonistic stance in this respect. I guess that it's just go for it or not. Sigh!

Try a "kilt-skirt," see if she knows the difference. It's simply a kilt made for women, sometimes longer, but always cheaper and lighter-weight it seems.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/kilt-skirt
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-M-S-1 ... 1c46cf7567
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Marks ... 4187c798d8


Or they have some longer but lighter-weight and cheaper men's kilts for sale from UK punk shops, made of cotton even, like here:
http://www.tigeroflondon.co.uk/index.php?cPath=10

Or simply do what I do; make your own lavalava. Get whatever color and type of fabric you want, usually around 6'x4' or so, hem the edges and you got yourself a "man's skirt," and you can claim it as such and show pics of male Polynesians and even male white Europeans wearing it and she can't possibly argue with that (altho I suspect she'll try).

[pelmut]

Try a "kilt-skirt," see if she knows the difference. It's simply a kilt made for women, sometimes longer, but always cheaper and lighter-weight it seems

Womens 'kilts' wrap the opposite way from mens (and it isn't an easy job to reverse them), a woman is bound to notice that sort of thing immediately.

[Sinned]

Yes, PB but a lavalava would be too lightweight for our climate and anyway she would just dismiss it as a garment from another culture and tell me to go live there then. Yes, plmt she would notice. She notices if I wear a shirt marketed at women that buttons the "wrong" way. As for your suggested kilt/skirts I do have one that's a similar paid pattern but that is a skirt, full stop, according to MOH. I do search ebay every now and again for examples of skirts that I could buy so I know what's available but I use the British .co.uk site and not the American .com site. I still stand by my assertion that other female-marketed garments can be slid under the radar with carefully chosen versions but the skirt is unique by its construction/design in not coming into that same category. And that is probably the main perceived problem for us. I can wear tops, shirts with flowing sleeves and ruffles or jeans/trousers, possibly a T-shirt type dress with leggings of some description, but a skirt? I have no problem with it but ....

[rick401r]

Try a "kilt-skirt," see if she knows the difference. It's simply a kilt made for women, sometimes longer, but always cheaper and lighter-weight it seems

Womens 'kilts' wrap the opposite way from mens (and it isn't an easy job to reverse them), a woman is bound to notice that sort of thing immediately.

I have a woman's kilt. It's very well made, 100% wool. I had it shortened to 24 inches, the same as my man's kilt. As far as I know no one has noticed the fact that it opens from the left.

[jazbell]

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[skirtyscot]

Very good, jazbell. Photos 2 and 3 answer the OP's question nicely. And I am even more tempted to invest in one!

[Couya]

Yes, I could be tempted to invest in some of those, though they don't seem to do much more than black, which for me is for underclothes only.
Martin

[Wesley]

Try a "kilt-skirt," see if she knows the difference. It's simply a kilt made for women, sometimes longer, but always cheaper and lighter-weight it seems

Womens 'kilts' wrap the opposite way from mens (and it isn't an easy job to reverse them), a woman is bound to notice that sort of thing immediately.

I don't own a kilt, but I do have a few "Kilt Skirts" (including a couple left-over-right styles), all of them are below my knees so they are not technically "kilts". My wife, while otherwise afraid or my being see in public in a skirt, is a little less hostile to my "kilts" (which I wear on private walks and at home when the kids are not around. Quite frankly I feel more comfortable in public wearing one of these as opposed to an unambiguous skirt.

[MrNaturalAZ]

I like the second two - all in black. It's a good simple look.

[Equality Skirts]

Topman in the UK have been selling a range of long length t-shirts and sweaters all summer.

I've got two myself and am contemplating a third. I bought them predominantly so I can pair them with leggings, without requiring a pair of shorts (or skirt for that matter) to cover my bits.

Been wearing them a couple of months now and ironically received my first comment from someone about the length just half an hour ago.

[Couya]

Yes, I could be tempted to invest in some of those,

Si ce some of the items have reduced prices, sent an order. It arrived to day,
1. A long thick cotton sweatshirt -- not sure how I'd wear it; needs a long straight skirt, which I don't wear, or even long straight trousers(!); perhaps with a kilt worn over it for cold weather.
2. A very long fine cotton long-sleeved garment/dress; back 10cm longer than front to tackle the sensitive part behind the knees. Too long to wear under a kilt, to narrow to wear over it; it will probably end up as a winter night shirt.
3. Some coloured vests (GB).

What surprised me most was the size labels. I am small and wear mostly M size, sometimes S.
I did not want baggy garments in this case, and there were no M available, so I took a chance on XS, even an XXS because that's all they had in the color I wanted !
No problem, everything is quite roomy.
I think ASOS is a British company (not sure). Does this mean that the Brits are getting so overweight that they've changed the labeling system?

Martin

[azhiker]

I would like to see the model in this garment without the pants.

[Couya]

Which garment, AZH ?
Jazzbell's pictures all show bare legs.

Martin

[Sinned]

Well, I have mentioned in this thread a yellow short dress that I suppose is more like a tunic. It is too short to wear without supportive garments such as trousers or a skirt without seriously compromising one's modesty. I have started wearing this tunic and MOH has commented on its shortness. I just told her that it is one that she gave me and I consider it just to be a long T-shirt. I have worn it in the presence of several others without comment so as far as I am concerned it is now part of my wearable ensemble. That, to me, is a minor victory.

[renesm1]

I wore that Asos sweatshirt (dress) around the south of France this week. I did get a few looks (I paired it with thick tights and knee boots) but it was very comfortable and I felt good in it.