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I wore kilts for 30 years before daring to branch out into [other] skirts. As well as several traditional tartan kilts and a khaki utility kilt (and formerly a plain Irish tweed), I have kilts in plain blue, brown corduroy, and blue denim. Unfortunately the makers of the last two, Union Kilts, seem ...

I showed Mrs Bookworm the picture from the Daily Fail of the guy in a skirt, and she said "there's a problem?"...

Nice sound. What's the difference between a flute and a recorder; it looks more like the latter. A recorder (called a "block flute" in German) has the breath directed against a sharp edge by a narrow channel in the mouthpiece, whereas a (transverse) flute has a free edge, and the player m...

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I have a pencil skirt in black mock leather which I haven't dared to wear outside the house. Its all a matter of managing the risk. That's why I quoted you MB. Could you do the same? Change on the train. Once you are in London, who cares? I bought a shirt dress online. I'm not particularly keen on ...

I have a pencil skirt in black mock leather which I haven't dared to wear outside the house.

FranTastic444 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:24 am The contrarian part of my brain says “nobody questioned Angus McCoatup Young wearing a boys school uniform”

Context! Deliberately theatrical costume gets a pass (like full drag). My college chaplain once wore girls' school uniform to a party (fancy dress: St Trinian's), but not in public.

I certainly wore brown T-bar sandals as a child in the 1960s (and coveted the open-toed sandals worn by adult men).

Probably four or five days in the week (if you count dresses too). I do have some useful trousers, especially on days when I am trying to get housework or gardening done, and a few pairs of shorts (but not the long baggy ones favoured by 'Blokes'). I also dress more conservatively when meeting peopl...

I started wearing a fedora in the 1980s when I was a student. My hat-wearing declined for a long time because it's hard to pair a kilt with a hat (other than traditional Scottish hats, which I hate). Now I am hoping to experiment more with hats and skirts.

Stu wrote: ↑Tue Sep 09, 2025 4:27 pm Looks great - I love denim and corduroy.

Skirt is a tad too short for my tastes - I like knee length of a bit below.

Oddly, I'd prefer a shorter skirt (and wear tights).

I would prefer a lot less body hair, but that is a topic on which I have to defer to Mrs Bookworm.

I am glad that I have developed the courage to wear things that I like. I still slightly envy younger people who can get away with things that at age sixty-mumble I can't. The one thing that I would like an opportunity to wear (but can't imagine it happening) is a proper off-the-shoulder, full-skirt...

Hi. Nice to hear from you. I have spent some time in central Maryland, and visited every county. That was before I had skirts, but I wore a kilt a good deal. I had to research my ancestry to deal with the flood of enquiries about Scottish and Irish roots (which was odd to me, as few people in the UK...

Some comments chime with me too. In my 20s, if had had the slightest chance of passing, I might have experimented with cross-dressing, but it wasn't a credible option. (I'm too introverted and too bad an actor to manage the drama of drag.) Currently I feel too old and too married to claim the label ...