mistaking skirts for kilts

[timemeddler]

Hi all, I have a theory that most of the public when they see a man in a skirt, they assume it's a kilt even if it isn't, at least here in the United States. I hear all the time about someone mistaking a kilt for a skirt and all the lame jokes that go along with that, how many of you have had the opposite happen? My aunt asked if my black sport skirt was a kilt and I told her, technically no, but It passes as one.

If you've run into this what were you wearing? which skirts are most likely to get this reaction? It's a lot easier talking other guys into trying something if I tell them they're cheaper than kilts and nobody will know or care that they aren't actually kilts, then maybe they'll move onto less "kilty" skirts down the road.

[rivegauche]

I have never had anyone call my skirt a kilt but I live in Scotland and we know what a kilt looks like.

[Stu]

I know some Scots people dispute this, but a kilt is a type of skirt.

[new2skirts]

I've had people deliberately call my kilt a skirt, but most can tell exactly how a kilt looks, especially if accessorized by a sporran, the kilt socks etc... though sometimes if in a tartan pencil skirt such as my Royal Stewart, some might say kilt (even though the skirt has no pleats and a slit at the back)

[STEVIE]

Very old chestnut this one, but here we go again.
A kilt is indeed a skirt except when it is a "Kilt".
Simple fact, a man wearing a "Kilt" will be very attractive to a lot of women but in a kilt/skirt, not so much.
One is viewed as macho and virile, the other is not.
I'm a Scots native, the Kilt is a historical con and frankly call it whatever you wish, I'm not too bothered.
I occasionally wear a kilted skirt and happily correct anyone who likes my "kilt".
Steve.

[Barleymower]

Not so long again (maybe two weeks) I was on my way home from dropping my son off. A group of trampy looking guys walked past me and one said: "up the Scots!"
I was wearing a black pleated skirt. I gave them thumbs up anyway.

[Faldaguy]

I have had several instances of being asked: "Is that a kilt?" I suspect they know very well it is not, but the question allows them to open the door to whatever aspect their underlying comment or query might be.

I've also noted here, on at least two separate occasions in two un-related medical offices, that a female health provider made similar comments and subsequently explained that they had found some men to be angry if they inquired about their skirt. I found this a bit strange, thinking that any man wearing a skirt would not be offended by its proper identification; but I also was pleased as it implied there are more men wearing skirts, at least in those medical offices, than I typically observe in public!

As to the type of skirt I was wearing, my memory won't help--I may not remember what skirt I was wearing yesterday -- I suspect they were simply relatively full mid-calf skirts with pockets -- ones I often wear. I do know the few times I wear a plaid skirt, that may trigger such a comment.

[e2k2houck]

I mostly wear skirts, although I do own 4 true kilts. One of the first times I was asked about was from a check out clerk at Safeway. She asked me what do they call them? "A kilt" I told her, even though I was wearing a skirt. Most of the time I tell people that they can call them whatever they want to and I wear them because they are too comfortable not to wear. I was having some acupuncture on my back last week and the woman doing it told me that she found men in kilts or skirts very sexy. My solid color skirts are easier to pass off as a kilt but my colorful skirts couldn't, they are definitely skirts. So I really don't care what people call them. But I actually do correct them and say it is a skirt not a kilt. I will keep wearing my skirts, and the occasionally a kilt, all the time and enjoy it.

[STEVIE]

I was having some acupuncture on my back last week and the woman doing it told me that she found men in kilts or skirts very sexy.

Hmmm,
I wonder if she'd agree to a date with a guy in a satin midiskirt and high heel shoes.
I'd love to call her bluff, a voyage of discovery that would be.
You should try it if you are of a mind to.
Steve.

[crfriend]

I wonder if she'd agree to a date with a guy in a satin midiskirt and high heel shoes.

I don't know, I showed up at my lady-friend's place the other afternoon in an ankle-length satin skirt paired with a velvet blouse and a male-marketed waistcoat (trimmed in embossed velvet). The ensemble was well received.

[STEVIE]

I don't know, I showed up at my lady-friend's place the other afternoon in an ankle-length satin skirt paired with a velvet blouse and a male-marketed waistcoat (trimmed in embossed velvet). The ensemble was well received.

Sure Carl, but yours was not a first encounter/date.
My point really is, seeking a date wearing a kilt is much more likely to be successful than if one is wearing a satin skirt etc.
Sure there are exceptions and I hope the numbers grow, but the balances of probability still favour the kilt.

I do own 4 true kilts.

Pedantry alert, unless you refer to the ancient "Great Kilt", there is no "true" kilt.
The modern Kilt is indeed a skirt, the rest is a result of politics and very shrewd marketing not history and certainly not a truly Scots heritage.
That said, enjoy the thing, just be sure of your reasons.
For what it is worth, with hose and sporran alone, one of my kilted skirts could tip the scales of attraction of the romantic kind.
That is really a measure of the effectiveness of the lie.
Steve

[tnwheels]

I frequently get comments when I am out and about. I wear a black Utilikilt a lot which works with my uniform shirt. I have a lot of people, men and women, who say they like my kilt. I have had a lady I work with tell me she likes my skirt when I wear that kilt. I am fine with those comments either way.

I get a lot of I like your kilt comments when I am wearing a tartan. Sometimes I won’t wear a tartan because it starts too much conversation.

I don’t think I have ever had a man that I don’t know say that they like my skirt. Guys I work with that know I wear skirts are fine with it. I have had guys say they like my kilt when I am wearing a skirt. Again I don’t correct that. I think they have trouble saying the word skirt. Lol.

My wife will sometimes call one of my kilts a skirt but not meaning anything by it. It will be more like I washed your skirt or I put your skirt in the closet.

I don’t think anything of either comment. A kilt is a skirt and if you want to call my skirt a kilt, great, I appreciate a positive comment.