Yep, you're right, I'm actually trying to do the same thing, branch out from kilts into other skirts ... for me I'm wanting to go into short cargo skirts, sort of like hiking shorts only a skirt. Peggy saw one I bought in my man cave, she said it looked to big for her, I just said ya. After chickening out a bit I mentioned to Peggy that I'd give it to my daughter and she said, to my utter astonishment, "Well I thought you bought it for you." Needless to say I put it on and wore it around the house the better part of the day, even went outside and waved at a couple of neighbors who, being so used to seeing me in short kilts anyway, didn't seem to even notice that this skirt was different.
Sadly, my experience of wearing that cargo skirt taught me that there is a huge difference between a kilt, which is literally made for a man to wear, and a skirt, at least a straight skirt. I couldn't sit down without showing it all, so to speak ... going up stairs would simply flash the world, getting in and out of my Miata forced me to move in ways that I just think are too feminine for me (yes, I tried it). I looked great just standing up and Peggy, as well as her sister who was visiting, only had one thing to say, "Sexy." I'm danged lucky to have a supportive mate, but I do live by my essay, the Frowning Wives of Kiltmen.
Though I'm still wanting to branch out, I have a new found appreciation for the magic of a kilt, even a very short one. Being that I really don't like to have my legs covered I'm wondering now just what kind of skirt I might find appealing beyond my many varieties of kilts. Short straight skirts just don't work on my body, no matter how good they look ... I'm looking now for some sort of denim A-line, I've got one that looks awesome and manly from the front, but the back has some little horizontal decorative pleats that just seem to spoil the whole manskirt look I'm after.
Man, for many, many reasons kilts are just an easier skirt to wear ... the kilting community has already won their specific war against the tyranny of trousers and kilts are finding their way into more and more men's wardrobes. The stark advantage of a kilt is that it is, by all accounts, a man skirt, a skirt for a man, a skirt designed and intended to be worn by a man ... though I think skirts in general are close behind kilts in terms of social acceptance I see an uphill and continuing battle for men to be able to wear skirts that appear feminine ... yet, so far, I've been left to look at ladies skirts for any kind of cost effective option besides kilts.
I'm learning first hand how the challenge of successfully being a Mugsman is a bigger and bolder challenge than being a Kiltman.
Mug ON!
Chris Webb