Sightings "in the wild"

[skirted_in_SF]

. . . but I wonder why the pics were blocked and by whom,

If I might venture a couple of conjectures:
1. Someone was offended by the pictures and added them to a blacklist that is used by whoever blocked your access. This could explain why certain sites belonging to established retail stores are blocked by my employer's net-nanny and others are not.
2. The legs on the model are slim in a way associated with underage girls. Don't know if this may have caught the eye of some software or the blue-nose conjectured in #1 above.

[Darryl]

Well, went to the local 2014 Highland Games in my Lane Bryant knee-length black, vertically pleated skirt. Black sneakers, white socks and blue Polo shirt. No one even blinked.

Celebrated with mead and haggis, and spoke with some pipers about learning to play and joining their group.

Definitely nice to be at an event where 90-odd percent or so of the men are wearing unbifurcated garments.

[Uncle Al]

Sounds like a WIN Darryl

Uncle Al

[Miket]

I'm not sure if this counts as "in the wild" since I don't know a lot about San Jose, California! Channel 5 TV in the UK had a programme on Monday evening (22/09/14) called "Age Gap Love", with a variety of stories of couples with significant age differences. Andrew, from San Jose, aged 28 was shown with his partner, aged 59, and in most scenes his was wearing either a Utilikilt or a skirt (or fancy dress). The UK programme listing described them as liking to take part dressing up in Civil War enactments, but made no comment on Andrew's choice of attire under normal conditions.

It quotes:
"San Jose in California is home to 59-year-old Jane and her 28-year-old husband Andrew. Looking like mother and son already brings its fair share of public attention to these two lovebirds, who also have a shared passion for dressing up in American Civil War uniforms. The programme follows this quirky couple,who see themselves as age gap relationship champions, during a spectacular American Independence Day parade."

It can be viewed on Demand 5 in the UK. http://www.channel5.com/demand5 I'm not sure about the other side of the pond.

[BBB]

I was at London Heathrow Airport T5 this afternoon and saw a causally dressed man in a kilt.

[Jim2]

It occurs to me that I should mention the following sighting. I am in a fiction writing class and wrote a story about a man who finds himself wearing skirts, basically it was a story based upon my own experience. It was actually a rather brave thing for me to do as I hardly know these people, and one man in the class wrote to say so before the day my story was discussed. Well, when my story was discussed (everyone's story gets a 40 minute "workshop"), that man said that just the other day (it may have been that very day, I can't remember) he went to lunch with a couple of women he knew, and he saw sitting next to them a man wearing a skirt. He said it was easy to miss and that the women with him did not even notice. This was in Boston. This must have been three weeks ago.

[skirtyscot]

Had your classmate guessed that your tale was autobiographical?

[Jim2]

Had your classmate guessed that your tale was autobiographical?

I'm sure. It was pretty obvious for more than one reason. I'm sure he would not have called me brave otherwise. I never ended up telling him or the class one way or the other, but I did thank him. Interestingly, I've become friendly with someone else in the class with whom I ride home on the subway every week. We talked about it. It was obvious to him that it was autobiographical. He ended up saying something like that he imagines or thinks that a skirt would indeed be more comfortable than pants. But I don't imagine him wearing one. Though, I suppose it's possible. In the story, I make a reference to this website (not by name). What I wrote (this is dialogue in which the main character is speaking to a close friend) is:

You see I read in this online forum for men who wear skirts - not men who want to look like women but who do it because they find them so comfortable. I read about this skirt being sold on Ebay that, if you don't look closely, looks like you're wearing shorts. Some thought it was silly - if you want to wear a skirt, just wear a real one. But others noted that for someone new to skirt-wearing, it might be a bridge that allows them to do so.

By the way, I got no negative feedback. People really enjoyed the story.

[JRMILLER]

Please post your story!

[Jim2]

I'm not so sure I'm willing to post it at the current time. I'm revising it for one thing. And I may at some point try to publish it. And if I do decide to share it, is there a way to do so and just have it shared with members of this forum and no one else?

[Tor]

Jim: Certainly, though the circle may be slightly wider than you were thinking. The pics and personal stories fora are both only available to those who have a few posts or some who have been here for a very long time. I'll be interested if you do share, but it's fine if you decide you prefer to keep it to yourself.

[Jim2]

I'm going to sit on it at least until my class ends sometime in November. I should note that this is not intended as a tale about what it would be like for a man to decide to wear skirts. It is about a particular man and the skirt-wearing and what it means for him becomes a way to better understand this man. He is not a stand-in for everyman at all. That doesn't mean that the issues he faces are not some of the same things as many other men would face, only that he has his own peculiar issues as well - and some of those figure very large in the story. I would like to share it with the people here some time, but I'm not ready yet. And I do think I want to revise it before I share it with anyone else. And that probably won't happen for a while. Thanks for being understanding.

[STEVIE]

Jim,
All our skirted journeys are unique.
I've tried the fictional route too, but never shared that with anyone.
The story you have to tell should come when you are ready and not one moment earlier. Do it prematurely, it will not work, at least not to your satisfaction.
Personally, I keep a diary, I think of it as my literary "fix". I know that I feel aggrieved if I neglect it for any length of time.
A lot of it is pure rubbish, but some bits are also golden, the highs and lows of my life in a skirt. Those bits are true reflections of my own uniqueness, some are shared here, some not.
Some day when I'm ready, I'll tell the "complete tale". I'd doubt that it would eve become a "best seller".
Finally, keep the faith in yourself, however you are doing it!
Steve.

[Charlie]

Wells High Street, saw a guy wearing a bright red mid-calf skirt. He was also wearing camo trousers underneath. Mrs C wondered why he was wearing trousers as well as a skirt - to keep warm perhaps?

Charlie

[Caultron]

Last week I had a guy about 60 years old stop me in Target to ask if $100 was a reasonable price for a kilt, because he was thinking about buying a tartan one for that price. I told him that with that price it was probably from Pakistan, and he was OK with that, and he said he would go ahead. He asked if they were comfortable and I assured him they were.

Yesterday I was walking down a hospital corridor when a workman stopped me to say, "I like your kilt. I suppose if I wore my cowboy boots over there I'd look odd too." Which made the compliment rather left-handed but he seemed sincere and I do have to admit you don't see a lot of men walking around hospitals in kilts. So I thanked him and assured him he could wear anything he wanted almost anywhere.