Another Year in a Kilt Blog

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Came across another "wearing the kilt for a year" blog. He has a Facebook link as well as a web site. I have to disagree with his one statement on his Facebook wall post. He stated "‎7 days left of leg freedom before I make them wear a.kilt for 366. Eek." No, Darren, it is 7 days UNTIL you get leg freedom.

http://www.facebook.com/inhiskilt

http://inhiskilt.com/

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Mike

Tonight's Dinner Kilt

Went to dinner tonight at a local pub. I get the same young lady every time I go there. Today management put her on the other side so I was not at one of her tables. I got one of the other girls as my server. Much to my surprise Ashley came over to talk to me even thought I was not at her table. Power of the kilt dudes!

I did have on a Sporran when I went out. Took it off and forgot to put it back on for the picture! Nightstalker leather Sporran from Stillwater Kilts.

I wanted to wear red kilt socks but the shades of red I have won't work with the shade of red in this turtle neck shirt. One is too bright and the other is more of a maroon. That is one thing that bugs me. I have a hard time matching colors. You don't have many colors to choose from in kilt socks. I like the Lewis style kilt socks but they only have a few colors. I guess I should try to find another red turtle neck shirt that is closer to the shade of the red socks I have.

Prior to putting on this kilt (USAKIlt Semi-Traditional in American Heritage tartan) I had on the denim Union Kilt in the previous picture (December 16th post), dark blue shirt.

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Video On How To Sit In A Kilt

I ran across this video again on how to sit in a kilt. This video was done by a kilt rental company. I may have posted this before but I did not find the post so maybe not. One point not covered is standing up after sitting in a kilt. One would think that standing up would not be a problem but I see this problem over and over again. It comes from not sweeping the pleats correctly when sitting down. If you don't sweep the pleats under you, as shown in the video, the pleats will be bunched up under you. For those with short arms you may need to use both hands to sweep the pleats. Otherwise you will only sweep the the pleats on one side and the other side will be bunched up. You will still need to push that Sporran down in front so once you are all most down bring one hand forward to push down the Sporran. If the pleats are bunched up under you they will remain bunched up when you stand. From the back you will show more upper leg than you should. This looks bad. So, when standing take one hand and swipe across the pleats in the back to make sure they drop down. I see this problem on traditional tartan kilts as well as contemporary kilts like the Utilikilt.

The link above should take you to their video page. About half way down you will find the video "How To Sit In A Kilt".

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Female Version of "A Year In A Kilt"

My last post on November 26th presented a blog about a guy that will wear a kilt everyday for a year starting on his 50th birthday. I ran across a female version of this. Make sure you click on "Want More? See The Entire Wearathon" at the bottom to see the daily pictures. This lady got tired of wearing only jeans all the time. That appears to be the trend these days for men and women. So starting on Jan 1, 2011 she was not going to wear pants at all for a year. She has a photo of what she wore on every day of 2011. The year is almost over so I assume that will be the end of the daily posts. I hope the site remains up even if there are no daily posts.

What I find interesting is this lady appears not to have duplicated anything other than shoes/boots. I did not examine this in any detail but nothing stood out as a duplicate when I did a quick review of the pictures. She must have quite a collection of skirts/dresses or went into a mad shopping binge this year to accomplish this. That is the nice thing about a kilt. One kilt with different shirt and kilt hose and you have a different look any day.

I encourage the "Year in a Kilt" guy to post a daily picture of his kilt for the year. I may have to think about doing that. I wear a kilt about 50% of the time. Most days I have on pants for work then a kilt for the remainder of the day. So I am wearing one almost everyday even if only part of the day. I will think about it.

For today this is what I had on when I left the house. Later I will have to change this out to my old Utilikilt and a beat up shirt. I will be working on etching a printed circuit board and that can be messy.

Union Kilt



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Found another Kilt Blog

Came across "A Year In A Kilt" blog. Rick is going to wear a kilt everyday of his 50th birth year. His blog will detail his adventures of a year in a kilt. I wish him the best and hope he continues with the kilt once the year is up. Check this blog out and follow his adventure.

Comments from a regular kilt wearer in New Orleans

Ran across this video of a guy in New Orleans talking about wearing a kilt as regular attire. The video was made in 2008. I can relate to this video.

Changing subjects, tonight I attended the Dayton Philharmonic playing the music to the movie "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935). The movie was shown on the large screen over the orchestra. I wore my Pennsylvania tartan kilt and nice kilt jacket with vest. I wear yellow kilt hose with this combination. Got a few comments about the yellow socks. The yellow is bright and stands out. I have received a lot of comments about the yellow socks. They are the nicer Lewis kilt hose with the fancy top. These socks cost about $48 so they are not cheap but they look good and are warm.

Enjoy.

New T-shirt

I had a kilt t-shirt made to add to my "smart ass" t-shirt collection. On the back it reads "Kilts Rock Pants are Evil". On the front it just reads "Pants are Evil". Had it on today running some errands. First stop was lunch at a fast food place. Two older ladies sat down at the table next to me. One made whispering comment to her friend about the kilt. I don't think she noticed the t-shirt. Later their husbands joined them. As I left my back was towards them. They noticed the shirt. As I walked away I heard one of the ladies comment on the "Kilts Rock". Apparently she liked it. Next store the cashier was a young lady in her early 20's. She liked the shirt. She told me she was in a punk band when she was 16. Kilts were not uncommon.