Sightings "in the wild"

pelmut · Post by **pelmut** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:47 am

I've just spotted a video from Chippenham Folk Festival which includes two men in kilts and one in trousers who normally wears a kilt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQbR-UZF09w

From 0:42, in the background between the clarinettist and the melodian player you can see me in a kilt doing the P.A. for the event; I am talking to the ceilidh organiser, who normally wears kilts but was in trousers on this occasion. At 1:00 on the extreme left, you see Gordon Potts, the caller, wearing his Utilikilt. None of us is Scottish; we all wear kilts because they are practical, comfortable and fun to dance in.

Jack Williams · Post by **Jack Williams** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:09 pm

You were riding a pushbike naked? Or was that a Harley?

Jack Williams · Post by **Jack Williams** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:18 pm

johnb wrote:Last Sunday whilst I was riding in the World Naked Bike Ride event in Brighton, I passed a man wearing a sarong who was watching the event.

John

Big and Bashful · Post by **Big and Bashful** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:57 pm

Jack Williams wrote:You were riding a pushbike naked? Or was that a Harley?

The thought brings tears to my eyes! saddles, sweetbreads, it could all end in tears!

Website · Post by **crfriend** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 4:09 am

crfriend wrote:My skirts have drawn plenty of positive comments in the past, and my new palazzo pants did a few days ago; this means I'm on a positive trajectory and I'm not going to look back.

Speaking of comments, I got a very nice one from a complete stranger this morning as I was in Boston and headed to lunch before going sailing. The rig was my new pair of purple palazzo pants (yes, I said purple), a very vivid red waistcoat, white dress shirt, black shoes, and black tights (it can get chilly out on the water).

The comment: "Looking good!" with a thumbs-up gesture.

The main point here is that I've gotten so used to my own sense of style -- and in the execution of same -- that I am utterly comfortable with it, and that shows through. I'm not cocky by any means, but when I actually stand up straight and hold my head high -- which I am more likely to do when I'm not in camouflage-mode -- I must make for a rather impressive sight.

Jack Williams · Post by **Jack Williams** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:49 am

I would hazard a guess that there would be very few sailors in the world out in that "rig".
I can just imagine them in the Americas Cup..
In fact I reckon a sure winner as the opposing team boggled and lost the plot!

skirtyscot · Post by **skirtyscot** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 3:33 pm

Yesterday in a supermarket in Calahonda, southern Spain, a man in an orange sarong. The shop was quite busy and he was not all that near me, but he stood out by a mile. Far more than the denim knee-length skirt I was wearing at the time. As far as I could tell, neither of us were turning heads, but then, as usual I wasn't checking to see people's reactions to me!

Wim Jansma · Post by **Wim Jansma** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:48 pm

In Indonesia on feastdays many man and woman wear a sarong. Yes indeed, the same clothes for man and woman.
In Europe, we have still a long way to go until man and woman wear the same clothes !
Here myself in one of my sarongs (this is from Bali)

Post by **Uncle Al** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:17 pm

Your Sarong = NICE

Do you play the violin that is on the
wall behind you

Uncle Al

Wim Jansma · Post by **Wim Jansma** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:39 pm

I try to do that.
This black one is a Joseph Klotz from Mittenwald, Austria. Seventeenth centurie.
The ligther example is a Wolff, number 194 from her production series of 1898.
I don't like to play the Wolff. The Kloz has his own radiation.
Wim

skirted_in_SF · Post by **skirted_in_SF** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:53 am

Wim, that's beautiful fabric. Is it batik?

Wim Jansma · Post by **Wim Jansma** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:55 am

skirted_in_SF wrote:Wim, that's beautiful fabric. Is it batik?

Yes it is !

johnb · Post by **johnb** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:34 am

Wim Jansma wrote:In Indonesia on feastdays many man and woman wear a sarong. Yes indeed, the same clothes for man and woman.
In Europe, we have still a long way to go until man and woman wear the same clothes !
Here myself in one of my sarongs (this is from Bali)

I like the look of your sarong.

John

skirtyscot · Post by **skirtyscot** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:54 am

Tangiers, Morocco, last Thursday. Bazillions of men in djellabas. It is perfectly normal.

Mind yo u, I'm not sure what they'd have made of a man in a skirt, if I had been wearing one.

Couya · Post by **Couya** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:33 pm

skirtyscot wrote:Tangiers, Morocco, last Thursday. Bazillions of men in djellabas. It is perfectly normal.

I knew the birth rate was high there, but SO high?

skirtyscot wrote: Mind yo u, I'm not sure what they'd have made of a man in a skirt, if I had been wearing one.

Shame on you for not trying to find the answer to that one!
I can tell you, I turned more heads and provoked more comments, questions and mirth in Morocco than anywhere else I have been.

Hope you enjoyed the visit in spite of the cloth between your legs !

Martin

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