Then. Three things.
I found Burning Man to be the perfect place to exercise my desire to wear miniskirts and short sarongs. (Not always anything else. Maybe boots.)
More women than not observed that men in kilts are hawt.
I recognized my disdain as an echo of the well-held opinions of my highly knowledgeable but somewhat of a purist old friend Harry. He wears his kilt with a particular panache: While playing the bagpipes at weddings and funerals. It has a particular tartan than which, for him, there is no other. Tartan-less kilts are, in our shared world, somewhat anathema. Rather johnny-come-lately.
But the trend for me was clear. And then I needed formal wear for a birthday celebration. The result:
I am also wearing it in the picture-post preceding. As mentioned, the outside temps were around freezing. Yet I was quite comfortable under that heavy cotton. (What was I wearing? There is nothing that answers that question.)
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Smart women know.
Indeed. Smart women insist.
It's a good start, but rather formal. I'd like to put in a req for something shorter and plaid-er. :)
Schoolgirl skirt!
Like! (Blogger finally caught up with the mobile world, i see)
Like too! Also like cheeky pose. (Should I rephrase that?)
Philistine! Unbeliever! INFIDEL!
I will take my dirk and make of thee a EUNUCH!
Or,
Tak yersel' awa' ye daft wee mon!
WTF!
Actually, utilikilts ain't so bad, but go for the khaki. It recalls the hodden grey kilts of the London Scottish (in which regiment served Basil Rathbone MC, Ronald Colman badly wounded), Claude Rains (gassed) and a few other notables during WW1) and also would recall the khaki aprons highland troops wore over their tartan kilts in the trenches.
This black thing, with that weird double breasted look, has got to go. If you're going formal, you gotta get a Black Watch tartan.
Purist, my ass! Hah!
"gotta"
But see, no one gives a shit about that. I don't, anyway. And somewhere on the utilikilt site I saw it written, if you're not pissing someone off, you're not doing it right (or to that effect). So you don't like the double-breasted look. Excellent! It was suggested I wear this on St. Pat's. (Not sure why but, why not.)
Jayzus, Mary and Joseph! NOT on St. Paddy's!
Haha.
Don't say no one gives a shit about that. I don't much, but others do.
Still, now that you mention the remark from the website, I more fully understand that idea behind the popularity.
Funny how you go to those photos on the site and it seems like 75% are of these guys standing on some eminence, with their arms crossed, looking squint-eyed (or we assume so behind the shades) at the horizon. Something about that just says, "I'm uncomfortable in this thing and insecure, but I don't care what you think anyway."
At least you have enough style to strike a real pose that says, "Party on and be excellent!" You need to send that photo to the website. Really, they NEED it there.
Hmm. I may. Should first check that it's a real Utilikilt®. Might be a knock-off. Got it in a used clothing and costume shop downtown. But any excuse to go back to their pictures and look at that topless blonde oh my gawd.
Well, yeah. There is that. I still haven't decided whether or not that was added just so they could try to convince themselves they weren't having doubts about being gay.
Yeah, send your picture.
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