Seasonal Skirt Wearing!

[DALederle]

For me wearing a kilt or skirt is VERY seasonal!
Right now I probably won't be wearing a skirted garment until the weather warms up. It's in the mid teens right now in the Chicago area. Around the first of November I put away all of my summer clothes, shorts, skirts, sandals, etc. I just can't take the cold anymore.
I also have medical problems, COPD (that forced into early retirement) and congestive heart failure. Its hard for me to just go out and get into my car let alone go anywhere. Even around the house I'm wearing long underwear under my clothing. The sight of long johns sticking out from under a skirt just plain seems wrong to me. They're not like the leggings like women wear.
I've tried to find heavier weight tights for men but have never suceeded in finding anything that would fit me.
So I am stuck for the next 3-4 months waiting for a weather break and I can be comfortable, without risking my health, while wearing a skirt. I don't want to be out in a skirt somewhere and end up being rushed to the hospital (again) because I collapsed somewhere due to my health problems. I have enough people, as it is, seeing me breathing hard who want to give me assistance. Its now happening to me almost everytime I go anywhere. I stop to catch my breath ferquently when I'm out. I walk very slowly and try not to strain myself but just walking into a store from my car leaves me bent over and gasping for for breath.
I'm also recovering from my third bout of acute bronchitis in the last two months. So I'm guarding my health and not worrying about fashions right now, except for the constant state of mind that says "I wish I could do that!"
DALederle

[AMM]

Right now I probably won't be wearing a skirted garment until the weather warms up. It's in the mid teens right now in the Chicago area.

That's what God made long wool skirts and warm petticoats for. Paired with thick knee socks, and maybe tights if it's really cold, you're at least as warm as in trousers.

At least, from the waist down.

[r1g0r]

hey dennis!

i understand your position thoroughly. chicago winters are bitter SOB's, what with the lake and all. even the heartiest souls balk at skirts in serious chicago winter weather (except for those foolish girls downtown who think they'll lose their cool points if they don't look stylish ), and health issues make it even worse.

i don't have your type of problems, but some scar tissue on my lungs makes it a serious battle to get rid of ANY kind of chest cold.

so i can sympathize thoroughly.

stay warm. think about moving. the chicago area is one of the WORST environments for anybody with chronic health issues.

[crfriend]

AMM brings up a very interesting point, and one that even before I took up skirts myself I thought highly probable -- that long heavy skirts could likely be warmer than trousers (the "mitten theory").

I've since verified that I can be warmer in tights and a heavy cotton skirt (wool would be even more so) than I am in trousers. The key, as one might imagine, is staying dry. The warmth factor is, not surprisingly, increased as one ramps up his level of physical activity so long as not a lot of cold air gets scooped up under the skirt. Petticoats, I suspect -- and AMM can either verify or dispute this -- ought to improve overall insulation and keep cold-air intake down.

Of course none of this will help if one has pulmonary problems that are exacerbated by intense cold. In that case, the only remedy is to undertake massive cold-evasion regimes including scarves and face protection that will help warm air-intake into the lungs.

I feel for you in this, Dennis. I tend to put my warm-weather gear (read, "minis") in storage come about late September. However, earlier in the week, I ventured out to work in a calf-length velvet skirt, rather heavy tights, and my usual above-the-waist bits (plus the winter outdoor garb of insulated gloves and a knit hat) in 10-degree (F) temperatures and found it rather exhilarating. (It was a dry cold; cold + wet for me is the demon.)

[JRMILLER]

I have been messing around with my kilts and find that so long as I am wearing kilt socks and a good coat around my core, I don't really suffer. I feel it on my legs, especially if the wind is blowing, but the feeling is like bare hands or bare face in the cold. Unless its really cold, it's not a problem.

I have seen several gals running about in knee-length skirts despite the cold, however, I am certain they are wearing hose all the up to their nether regions.

Carl -- get any snow up your way?

[crfriend]

I have seen several gals running about in knee-length skirts despite the cold, however, I am certain they are wearing hose all the up to their nether regions.

Well, there's cold and then there's cold. I'm not sure what the temperatures have been like in Ohio in the recent past, but it got nasty cold here (< 20 degrees (F)) recently and even with heavy tights it's too much to be out in for any length of time in a skirt. Going from the back door to my car and from my car into work has been OK, but I'd not want to spend much more time than that outside.

Carl -- get any snow up your way?

It's still coming down as I type this, so, yes. It's not as much as the weather folks were predicting, and thankfully it's cold out so it's fluffy snow and easy to move around. From the sounds of it, AMM got pounded.

[Since1982]

Yeah, it's really difficult "braving it out" down here in the Florida Keys in these temperatures with an average of 80f year' round. I had to switch to T-shirts with sleeves and wearing a slip with my skirt for warmth. Also had to turn the A/C off for the first time since last March. It's bitter bitter cold here now. Must be.....Oh at least 70F outside..brrrrrr

I guess all there is to it is how thick the skirt material is and how many petticoats or slips you want to wear underneath out of sight for warmth in those "really" bitter cold areas of the world. I'd have to think a pair of wool pants of 1/32nd in. thick wool between your leg and the cold couldn't be as warm as a 1/4th in. thick walled skirt with the added warmth of how ever many underskirts of what kind it takes to make things warm and toasty underneath. The only draw back I can see might be the "Pride" of forcing yourself to stand to peae. With trousers or a skirt you STILL have to sit to poop so why not sit to peae? I know you'd have to get used to privacy and no mouthy types screaming "HEY, Watch where you're swinging that THING!!" But it's not that hard of a hurdle to jump.

[r1g0r]

Yeah, it's really difficult "braving it out" down here in the Florida Keys in these temperatures with an average of 80f year' round. I had to switch to T-shirts with sleeves and wearing a slip with my skirt for warmth. Also had to turn the A/C off for the first time since last March. It's bitter bitter cold here now. Must be.....Oh at least 70F outside..brrrrrr

ya know... i think we need a "middle finger smiley"

[AMM]

Well, there's cold and then there's cold. ... it got nasty cold here (< 20 degrees (F)) recently and even with heavy tights it's too much to be out in for any length of time in a skirt. Going from the back door to my car and from my car into work has been OK, but I'd not want to spend much more time than that outside.

I still maintain that with the right layers, a skirt is warm enough. In really cold weather, you don't want to hang around outside in ordinary chino trousers, either, you'd put on snow pants. It's just that people don't make really warm skirts or petticoats any more, you have to make them yourself.

Carl -- get any snow up your way?

...It's not as much as the weather folks were predicting, and thankfully it's cold out so it's fluffy snow and easy to move around. From the sounds of it, AMM got pounded.

Nope. 4-6 inches (10-15 cm for you metric folks.) About the minimum you need to call it a Real Snowfall(tm). And the sun came out today, so by tomorrow the roads and sidewalks should be clear (except for the odd patch of frozen snowmelt.) I got in some skiing this morning, but the snow wasn't enough to cover all the tree roots.

Rumor has it that Long Island got more, but I'm waiting for tomorrow's paper for confirmation. (Today's paper was saying that we got 15 inches, which is ridiculous, so I'm pretty sure they wrote the story before the storm started.)

[JRMILLER]

The storm left about an inch in Ohio, just enough to be pretty!

[Since1982]

Looks like a great place to put up a pup tent, go inside, disrobe, fall asleep and have a wind come up and blow the tent away during the night. That's probably more phun than doing the same thing down here and being overrun with a horde of mosquitos. (I'm scratching just thinking about the second choice)...

[JRMILLER]

Skip,
It's a photo of what we call our "valley", the kids used to camp down there in the summer. Bugs were never much of a problem, but the critters would come sniffing around at night. The deer didn't like anyone in their valley and would make a fuss. Don't know if you have ever heard a deer snort, it's a bit like the air jets at the fun house when they are trying to blow air up your skirt!

Kids are grown up now, we just have bonfires in the valley. I am trying to get folks interested in one tonight, since it's the winter solstice, we build a huge bonfire, strip naked, paint ourselves up with green and red then dance around the bonfire!

Anyone visiting Ohio is welcome to join in!

[Milfmog]

Anyone visiting Ohio is welcome to join in!

Sounds like it could be fun, sadly I'm the wrong side of the big puddle and anyway I can't get out of the office. I've just spent 45 minutes in the car gridlocked in the car park, unable to get onto the main feeder road through the industrial estate, let alone onto the ring road or motorway. I gave up, reparked the car and came back into the office.

Snow, wonderful stuff; I just wish it would stay on the Christmas cards where it belongs.

Have fun,


Ian.

[crfriend]

Kids are grown up now, we just have bonfires in the valley. I am trying to get folks interested in one tonight, since it's the winter solstice, we build a huge bonfire, strip naked, paint ourselves up with green and red then dance around the bonfire!

Anyone visiting Ohio is welcome to join in!

Ha! Next train out. (Which would put me in Ohio about noon tomorrow.....)

I've just spent 45 minutes in the car gridlocked in the car park, unable to get onto the main feeder road through the industrial estate, let alone onto the ring road or motorway. I gave up, reparked the car and came back into the office.

Better in the office than stranded out on the motorway in your car. I suspect Mrs. Milfmog agrees with your decision.

[Since1982]

Mrs. Milfmog??? hehehehehe My bad..Me sawry.