Out and About -- In the World at Large

General discussion of skirt and kilt-based fashion for men, and stuff that goes with skirts and kilts.
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oldsalt1 wrote:I have been talking about having more of my clients see me in a skirt.
I am taking another step tomorrow.
I called my client to set up a meeting for tomorrow.
He is Irish I asked him if he ever wore a kilt. He said no but wanted to know why I asked.
I told him my son bought me a kilt I told him it wasn't a clan type kilt but just a utility kilt.
He than said those are nice why don't you wear it when you come here tomorrow so I am going to.
This is what I plan to wear what do you think
tried to match the shoes to the belt not really thrilled with socks but I have nothing that matches better
Looks good except for the socks. no socks or nylons would be better looking. Also keeping your hands in your pockets dose not help the looks of the kilt. :D
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Looks fine. I've got one a lot like that. I'd prefer dark brown socks.
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Dan,

The outfit in question looks good :D
I would suggest wearing colored socks to match the shoes.
Normally, the kilt hose matches one of the colors in the tartan kilt.
I usually wear white or off-white kilt hose with any kilt. They usually
will neutralize any 'conflicts' in color.

Another point is if wearing a white shirt, go with white kilt hose.
Works every time :D

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For the newer members of the café this is a big benefit getting help and opinions from the other members.

You guys are right the socks throw the entire outfit off I re thought it and came out with a different approach just 2 colors.

I feel more comfortable . I think it looks pretty manly what do you think
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oldsalt1 wrote:For the newer members of the café this is a big benefit getting help and opinions from the other members.

You guys are right the socks throw the entire outfit off I re thought it and came out with a different approach just 2 colors.

I feel more comfortable . I think it looks pretty manly what do you think
Looks great! The colour block is good as well. The utility kilts are good except the narrow aprons which means you cant sit as comfortably as you would in a real kilt. For pockets, cargo skirts or combat skirts also have a rugged look as well as the advantages of a regular pencil skirt :wink:
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Looks very good, the colours go well and a good length :D .

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Looks great Dan :thumleft: It doesn't 'jar' the eye :!: :D

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Hi Oldsalt,

I think the second combination is a winner, good contrast, but simple. I think that it makes the utility kilt become much more formal in this outfit.

It's something I'd happily wear as well, as it says to me bold, masculine without being too "out there"..
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I agree that the second look is the better of the two and should be the one to go for. In the first there were far two many changes of colour.
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I like the second look much better, visually more congruent.

I hope the client meeting goes well - report back on anything that might interest us!
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Another vote for the second outfit.
Keep on skirting,

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pelmut wrote:the discomforts I used to endure when I wore trousers are now, thankfully, just a distant memory - something I would never wish to repeat.
Indeed. Having been raised wearing only pants, men "tune out" the discomforts by habit, but once we switch to skirts to any significant degree, we lose that habit and begin noticing the discomforts of trousers.

I still wear pants on occasion, maybe twice a month, so those memories are kept alive. My pant-wearing habits have mostly gone though. In addition to no longer automatically tuning out the discomforts, I frequently forget to zip up the fly.
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Daryl wrote: I still wear pants on occasion, maybe twice a month, so those memories are kept alive. My pant-wearing habits have mostly gone though. In addition to no longer automatically tuning out the discomforts, I frequently forget to zip up the fly.
Most of my skirts have the fly and pockets in the traditional placing for men. I like the pockets for my pocket knife, handkerchiefs, and keys. The fly is fairly irrelevant. Therefore the zipping habit continues, although I've never been perfect at remembering whatever I'm wearing on my lower half.
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Aside from the denim skirts, all mine do up at the back.
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I prefer the zip at the back anyway. A little chilly, so still need tights. Should warm up later though :wink:
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Jim wrote:Most of my skirts have the fly and pockets in the traditional placing for men. I like the pockets for my pocket knife, handkerchiefs, and keys. The fly is fairly irrelevant. Therefore the zipping habit continues, although I've never been perfect at remembering whatever I'm wearing on my lower half.
I find that fly zippers on shirts are never long enough to be functional in a male sort of way, and that pockets are often faux or unusably shallow. But if a skirt is loose enough and has usable pockets, I will use them.

But I have to say that in some five years of skirt wearing, I've never accidentally tried to go out of a skirt fly or lift the cuffs of my trousers. So perhaps my journey needs to continue.
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