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Kilted and loving it
Aug. 13th, 2006 08:52 pmIn the past week, I've been wearing my new kilt in public and getting mostly positive reviews. Most guys I pass on the street, in cars and on foot, have been giving me the thumbs up. Some guys have stopped me and asked where I got the kilt and how they are planning on getting one themselves. I need to get Tammy's business card and handing it out to the people who ask.
The only bad reactions have been from people who do not have an appreciation of Irish/Scottish culture. So far, I've been mocked by gangs of young black men. I try to explain that there's nothing more manly than wearing a man's kilt, but they haven't been buying it. Ah well.
My current kilt is a bit of a training kilt. I plan on getting another one, but in my family's tartan. In Irish culture, the tartans are assigned by county rather than by family. My family originated in Tipperary before coming to Canada.
Of course, a tartan kilt is a tad more expensive than a Cargo Kilt (Tammy's version of the Utilikilt). And of course, I'll find every excuse to wear it!
The only bad reactions have been from people who do not have an appreciation of Irish/Scottish culture. So far, I've been mocked by gangs of young black men. I try to explain that there's nothing more manly than wearing a man's kilt, but they haven't been buying it. Ah well.
My current kilt is a bit of a training kilt. I plan on getting another one, but in my family's tartan. In Irish culture, the tartans are assigned by county rather than by family. My family originated in Tipperary before coming to Canada.
Of course, a tartan kilt is a tad more expensive than a Cargo Kilt (Tammy's version of the Utilikilt). And of course, I'll find every excuse to wear it!
