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couyalair wrote:

just reflecting on the position here in Scotland!

Why?
Do you think there are more kilts on the streets of Scotland than elsewhere?
I'm not sure.
I have a feeling that for the average Scot the kilt is just another skirt and should not be worn by men -- except on Burns' night, of course!

Martin

skirtyscot wrote:

SkirtRevolution wrote:In countries like Australia, the idea of men wearing skirts is as foreign as foreign can be. Most of the time if I wear the skirt it isn’t noticed, and when promoting skirts for men this isn’t always the goal that I am hoping to achieve.

Maybe not if someone is merely passing by in the street. But surely if someone looks at you for more than a moment they will see the skirt. Perhaps then they think "Hey I didn't notice that at first. It actually doesn't look odd and it's OK on a man." and you have done your bit for the cause. But maybe this is just my wishful thinking!

SkirtRevolution wrote:I have been thinking about this recently and believe that one of the best ways to promoted skirted garments is for us men to promote kilts. I have heard so many women not only say that kilts are sexy and hot, but wish that ALL men would wear them more often as every day wear. This I believe is a huge advantage to us. I also believe that more men would take to wearing kilts knowing the response of women and feeling comfortable that it is a men garment. I really believe that the road to making skirts popular for men is to FIRST make kilts popular again for men. The kilt suffers none of the taboos that a skirt does; in fact it’s the opposite. There is also no or little effort in styling with a kilt as a kilt goes with just about everything.

I don't follow how that helps to get people thinking that skirts are OK for men. If a kilt is seen as being in a special category of its own, neither trousers not skirt, and is accepted as menswear, how can wearing a kilt get people thinking that a skirt is menswear too? Not trying to pick holes in your argument, kilt-wearing certainly can't do any harm, but just reflecting on the position here in Scotland!

skirtyscot wrote:...If a kilt is seen as being in a special category of its own, neither trousers not skirt, and is accepted as menswear, how can wearing a kilt get people thinking that a skirt is menswear too? Not trying to pick holes in your argument, kilt-wearing certainly can't do any harm, but just reflecting on the position here in Scotland!

Grok wrote:Traditional kilts may be seen as legitimate menswear, so perhaps some of that legitimacy has been extended to nontraditional kilts. (That is, garments that were inspired by traditional kilts). That doesn't necessarily mean that other garments will be regarded as legitimate.