I was in a hipster-infested magazine store yesterday to buy an obscure news magazine. By obscure I mean German, and by news magazine I mean der Spiegel. Didn't have it. In any case, I was looking at the news periodicals, when I saw a man in a skirt. A pleated skirt. I walked behind him, pretending to look at the magazine but really trying to find out if this man was wearing baggy shorts (to hide his girth) or a proper skirt. I mean kilt. The answer came when I saw the label: it was a kilt brand that markets kilts to the active man.
This has obviously led to much introspection. Is it ever appropriate for a dude to wear a kilt? I took a look at the kilt brand's gallery and said maybe. If you're hunting a bear with a battle ax and deer blood (as bait), then yes, no one should be able to question your manhood. Or if you're the guitarist in a metal band, you have enough testosterone to wear a kilt. If you are building a house or a bear trap, then you can wear a kilt. If you are fighting Al Qaeda and drug smugglers in Afghanistan, then you can wear a kilt.
But for me and my friend in the magazine store, even if that kilt is made by Bonnie Prince Charlie himself, I can never wear a kilt.
Done.
4 comments:
Thanks for clearing that up. I can now sleep better at night knowing I will not bump into down the road and find you wearing a kilt.
I think it's also acceptable if you're Scottish. As in, born in Scotland, not of Scottish ancestry.
Still, I don't quite understand the appeal. I belong to the gender group for whom it is equally acceptable to wear a skirt or pants, and I'll take pants of a knee-length pleated skirt any day.
I'm actually having this internal debate about men and capri pants. I don't think they are appropriate, even if you are European.
Melissa- Let me know how many casual kilts you will see in Scotland.
Laura- I agree, with the addendum that you may wear a "formal kilt" if you are of Scottish heritage on very special occasions. But the casual kilt, no one Jose!
"Excuse me, does this properly hide my Thunder?"
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