What if this latest fashion fad really took hold?

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If kilts for men became popular in the US, how would that affect crosdressers?

No effect whatsoever
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59%
I'd wear one every day to work, school, church, etc.
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7%
My work/family/friends still wouldn't approve
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No votes
It isn't just about bifurcated clothing - it's about gender
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14%
More than one of the above
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3%
None of the above
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No votes
Other - please comment
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17%
 
Total votes: 29
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What if this latest fashion fad really took hold?

Post by Bernice »

According to ABC Commentator Paul Harvey... "Utili-Kilts" are catching on - in Texas no less. They have a website - with a surprisingly huge gallery - www.utilikilts.com.

OK, So, if this fashion turns out to be more than the typical "flash in the pan" fad, like most have been in the last 100 years, how would that affect closeted (or uncloseted) M to F crossdressers? :-k

I don't have an opinion that I can defend - yet - so be uninhibited about telling me how you really feel.

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Post by Loretta Ann »

Hi Bernice,

I voted for the first option. Kilts are not feminine clothing.
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Post by Jaye »

I know a number of fellows around the country who wear those, and a number of others who wear tartan kilts to Scottish events. There's a picture in a fashion layout in the new Spin magazine, featuring a male model in a woman's skirt that's been accessorized so it appears to be a kilt.

I myself have worn a kilt as a part of various period costumes, and I like them, but the feeling is not the same as wearing women's clothing. A kilt is man's clothing. Ditto for the hakama I wore some years ago for a martial arts demo. It's considered to be a split-skirt, but it's still part of a man's costume. I get the same feeling from togas, dashiki, caftans and sarongs (unless I'm wearing the last over a swimsuit :lol: ). I do enjoy the occasional departure from conventional male dress, but these items were still made for men, and feel like men's clothing to me.

Even if kilts go mainstream, I don't think that will have much effect on the issues of crossdressing and transgender behavior.
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Post by Aislin »

It is mans clothing and does not really qualify as being enfemme. I gottta say tho, that the shock value when wearing a kilt is priceless. I have worn mine for special events including full formal. It is heritage and must be preserved.

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Post by Virginia »

Aislin makes a good point, it is a heritage to be preserved.
My initial thought is this however, for us, as crossdresser, it is the feminine personna that expresses itself for most of us. If Kilts became a feminine fashion statement, then I think we as crossdresser would be a lot more likely to go down that road, then on the other hand it can serve as a stepping stone for those that are hesistant about gong our in public wearing a feminine skirt. Its a start under either senario.
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Post by Elizabeth »

Hi girls,

I too think that kilts are in a different catagory because we are all raised to beleive it is ok for men to wear them.

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Post by SophieLawson »

I don't think it would effect it at all, seeing as Scotland isn't over run with cross dressers :)

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Post by Gaven McLaren »

I would wear them more if they were not so d**n expensive. I love the utllikilt but the cost way to much. If they catch on more the law of supply and demand would kick in and they would drop the price.
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Post by Beauty »

Pardon the interruption. :) I too voted option 1.

I was just hoping after I read the question and voted that Gaven would have commented. YAY!!! :) He didn't let me down. :)

Love ya' Gaven!!!! :) You're one of the grounding forces of our forum. Glad to see you're still here. :)
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Post by Lorna »

Option 1 - No effect whatsoever.

When I frequent the goth clubs I see lots of your macho biker-types wearing kilts.
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Post by Gaven McLaren »

Beauty,
I am still here just been very busy and not able to log in as often I would like.
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Post by Celia »

I chose the Other option. I think it might potentially have some effect if it were to seriously catch on. If the fad were to actually become a mainstay of men's fashion, so that men simply wore them without thinking about it, it would allow extra options for CD's who go androg. There are women's skirts that are ostensibly feminine and those that are only nominally so. If people became casual about it, a CD could probably pretty easily wear some appropriate plain-jane women's skirt without even attracting attention. I'd be pretty surprised, though, if kilts became typical of men's clothing. :? Then there's always the matter of leg hair. :shock:

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Post by Lorna »

Not to go off topic, but did you gals know that the proper way for a man to wear a kilt is WITHOUT underwear? :shock:
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Post by Celia »

I just had a flashback, Lorna! :lol: Remember the Basic Instinct spoof on The Simpsons where groundskeeper Willie does the infamous interrogation scene? Reminds me of a line from another episode: "'Tis not more'n what God gave me, ya Puritan pukes!" rotf

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Post by Jadeanne »

I chose option 1.

This past weekend I saw a man wearing a kilt, and he had a full beard.

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