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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I work for what amounts to a multinational company upon which, like the British Empire of old, the sun never sets, and we have a goodly contingent of the international staff in town for the week.
I'd love to work for your company!!! Where do I send the resume!!!

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2010-11-05 Worcester, Massachusetts (USA) -- The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts formally dedicated its "Mighty Wurlitzer" theatre organ this evening, and thanks to Uncle Al's warning Sapphire and I opted to head into the Big City and partake of some Culture.

They've got a magnificent machine there -- something to be really proud of.

On topic, I wanted to pull the stops out a bit (go ahead and hiss at the pun, I'll understand) so went with a white dress shirt, irridescent blue necktie, my blue silk brocade waistcoat, blue calf-length velvet skirt, semi-sheer white legwear, and my boring old black dress shoes. Sapphire had on an exquisite ivory lace-trimmed blouse, brown plaid-on-the-bias lower calf-length skirt and moderate black heels.

I got engaged a couple of times for my outfit, and the results were respect and understanding from the folks who talked with us that guys can wear skirts and still be well-adjusted and reasonable guys.

The evening was a win all the way 'round!
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A good day for me.
Left my sisters in Keswick early because of bad weather forecasts, pausing in a quiet place near Keswick to change into my long denim Midas skirt (See my pics and looks thread, a photo will be there very shortly). Temperature was about -3 degrees celcius with an inch or two of dry powder snow.
Drove back to Penrith, filled up my LPG, barely a glance in the filling station. Skirt did get a bit wet in the slush though. Still, warm knees and legs make a long skirt worth it, no need for tights or anything else to take away from the feel of the skirt.
Drove back to Glasgow, spent quite a bit of time in B&Q (a UK DIY superstore for those not of the UK). Bought some loft insulation for the hoose, again, didn't see anyone staring, no comments. Wetter snow here, again, a wet hem due to thicker wetter snow.
Topped up the LPG tank again, again, no comments, just more falling snow.
Drove back to my house picking my way through the stuck cars, snow falling, up to a foot of snow in many places, why don't people drive fast enough to have enough inertia to get up hills? Still the Jeep is ideal, had plenty of fun.
Picked my way through the occasional open road until I got home, many roads currently shut. On the way, I knew my friend was in the house working on re-joisting the top floor. I fretted over whether to find somewhere to change back into my jeans. I eventually decided that I was sick of running upstairs and getting changed everytime they visited, I didn't get changed, just turned up at the house in the skirt, went up to see him, he said "You're in a skirt" I said "You keep talking about my skirts, I just put a long one on,"(I often wear my kilt when socialising, my mates call it a skirt so I often call it my drinking skirt). That was it, a very welcome anti-climax. Now I can relax in the house when cars arrive. I will see if any more gets said later on, and keep you updated.
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Good call on not changing B&B. Breaking the duck* is the hardest part of wearing skirts with friends and family and, as you discovered, most of your friends will pay little attention to your clothing; after all they made friends with you, not with a pair of jeans.

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In retrospect it occurred to me that this phrase may not cross the old Herring Pond, so I'll translate. In cricket (a curiously complex and subtle stick and ball game played in most parts of the old British Commonwealth) scoring zero with the bat is referred to as "a duck", breaking a duck is therefore getting that first score on the card (or run on the board in cricketspeak).
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Thank you Ian.

There certainly is some difference of the English language across the pond, and even across the states in some cases. I'll bet that can be said about it across the world...

An interesting side note, when I did a visit to my Veterans doctors last week, I talked to a lady from Yorkshire. She was a volunteer at a check in desk and I noticed her speech pattern right away. I told her I correspond with some blokes and a lively conversation she and I had. We did have some pronunciation fun, too. Another way my presence on the Cafe is good for me.

I didn't bother to check out the looks we might be getting from the people around us of a guy in a camo skirt talking to a British lady in pants in the middle of the room.

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A day at work certainly counts as "out and about" and today was just another day at work in a skirt.

Today's rig consisted of my red calf-length velvet skirt, white dress shirt, red double-breasted brocade waistcoat, ivory cable-knit tights, and black dress shoes. Either my attire has become completely accepted or I'm viewed as a potentially-dangerous eccentric; the jury is out on that one.

The velvet skirt and heavy tights were nice as we got temperatures in the low 20s (F) here this morning and the rig was quite comfortable for the drive to work well before the sun rose above the horizon. it's the layers that work magic; aside from style statements, I haven't had to haul out the long heavy stuff yet!

So, another day wearing skirts and not a spot of problem.
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You're funny, Carl...I vote for the potentially-dangerous eccentric. Of course, I fit in that category too. :D :D :D
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I aspire to eccentricity. I currently meet all the technical requirements, but fall badly shy of the financial one so, until I get rich (some chance), I'm just weird.

Not that I'm complaining, being weird lets me get away with all sorts of things without others being surprised enough to be concerned. I do, however, try to cultivate an air of harmlessness; just in case I ever need to pull a surprise out of the box.

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Milfmog wrote:I aspire to eccentricity. I currently meet all the technical requirements, but fall badly shy of the financial one so, until I get rich (some chance), I'm just weird.

Not that I'm complaining, being weird lets me get away with all sorts of things without others being surprised enough to be concerned. I do, however, try to cultivate an air of harmlessness; just in case I ever need to pull a surprise out of the box.

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Milfmog wrote:I aspire to eccentricity. I currently meet all the technical requirements, but fall badly shy of the financial one so, until I get rich (some chance), I'm just weird.

Not that I'm complaining, being weird lets me get away with all sorts of things without others being surprised enough to be concerned. I do, however, try to cultivate an air of harmlessness; just in case I ever need to pull a surprise out of the box.

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I resemble that remark !!!
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Yesterday I shirked my responsibilities here at SkirtCafe and headed into Boston for a couple of cold ones with some of my old pals. A jolly time was had by all, the bartender had a fun time poking fun at my outfit, and got thoroughly disgusted when I didn't rise to the bait (all in good fun, mind you; I get to the place only a couple of times per year, but back in the day I was a regular, and everybody's on a first name basis).

It was a bit brisk, so I opted for moderately heavy attire consisting of a dark burgundy dress shirt, black waistcoat, black tiered skirt, ivory opaque cable-knit tights, and my bog-standard black men's dress shoes. I even had the stamina to take a jaunt through Boston Common and the Public Gardens -- which were beautifully decked out for the upcoming holiday. Largely attired in black with a grey fleece I probably wasn't too visible in the dark on the way home.
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I had a medical condition recently (besides my chronic one) so I wore a skirt to the doctor's because I wanted to avoid pressure on a certain region of my anatomy (hope that's not violating forum rules). I also wore it to Wal-Mart to pick up my prescription. I don't think anyone noticed, or I didn't notice them noticing. At the doctor's office some of the young girl receptionists gave me a warm smile seeing me in the skirt. It was vaguely like a kilt except no pleats and elastic waistband all the way around. I had a Christian friend of mine tell me if I wear a public skirt, it should be a kilt, that way people won't get the wrong idea. So soon I do hope to buy an actual kilt, but in the meantime I figure, people shouldn't get the wrong idea if I don't give them a reason to. And two of my good Christian friends have no problems at all with me wearing a skirt in my own home or even in their homes! :)
I just bought a matching skirt and jacket, I guess you'd call it a skirt suit or skirt set, I'm thinking of wearing it to the coffee house close to where I live. They do have other people who come there who wear kilts. I may (or may not) be the only guy who goes there in a skirt, I guess I'll have to ask the counter girls now that I think of it. That's sort of how I started there, I showed one of the cashiers there a gray skirt I had made and she told me that other men would come there sometimes in a kilt because that coffee house is kind of a counter-culture, sub-culture, she explained. I felt like she was encouraging me to wear a skirt there so I did and have and sometimes still do. Well, I think I can hear someone saying "Lands, child, how you DO go on!" :D 'Bye
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Since the weather has turned colder I've been using my heavy cotton Blakader kilt more frequently. Last Monday I went for a longish walk around over some common land in it. Despite the near freezing temperatures my lower half was comfortably warm. Needless to say the none of the female population (or the male one come to that !) who I passed during the walk were wearing skirts. I'm pleased to add that my appearance didn't seem to cause any strong reaction from anyone that I met.

I've attached a picture that I took of myself whilst out.

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Now that, JohnB, is an outstanding rig for a walk. It's practical, probably warm and comfortable, and perfectly appropriate. Well done!
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Wow!!! Great looking!
I'd wear that.
One of the problems that I have is that to me skirts are "dress up" or business professional. I really struggle with skirts for everyday purposes. You guys give me inspiration
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