Go PRIMITIVE men! Wear a kilt! Yeeeeeeeeehaw!

[Dover]

Nothing sexier than a man in a kilt....don't let 'em tell ya different.

Go primitive with the kilt that goes anywhere

By MICHAEL D. CLARK

FAMOUS KILTS
Celebrities who have helped keep the kilt in vogue:
Sean Connery: Perhaps the most well-known native Scot in the world, the original James Bond wore a kilt as a villain in the lackluster movie The Avengers. He has also been known to wear them in real life at awards ceremonies and black-tie affairs.

Mel Gibson: No one knows for sure whether Scottish war hero William Wallace actually wore kilts since he died in 1305 and his exploits have been passed down more as legend than fact. But in the 1995 epic Braveheart, Gibson not only portrayed Wallace in a kilt, but he and his men also "mooned" the English army prior to battle.

Samuel L. Jackson: In Formula 51, the lead villain instructs a henchman to "Follow the black man wearing a dress." The black man was Jackson as master chemist Elmo McElroy, and his "dress" was a tartan kilt that made him the most fashionable scientist ever.

Madonna: During her Drowned World 2001 tour, the pop diva wore a black-and-white-plaid kilt.

Liam Neeson: Playing Highland hero Rob Roy MacGregor in the 1995 film Rob Roy, Neeson was a powerful presence who wasn't afraid to show a little leg.

Sting: The former lead singer of the Police turned jazzy solo artist turned heads at the 46th annual Grammy Awards in February with an all-black pleated kilt and suit jacket ensemble.


Modesty snap? If I'm going to wear a kilt, how about getting me a dignity snap?

For most American men not born with roots to a Scottish clan, the idea of wearing a kilt, or any other garment that someone might mistake for a skirt, ranks up there with applying eyeliner and nail polish. With the exception of drag queens and in-character drama majors, it isn't going to happen.

Perhaps more liberal cities -- such as San Francisco or New York, where taking fashion to the extreme can be chic -- would be more inviting to men who show a little calf at the workplace.

But we're talking Houston. A city where Wranglers are king and the most daring statement most men will consider about legwear are rubber fishing waders.

Then again, maybe not?

...cont'd

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/features/2729433


Men in kilts photo gallery:
http://www.kiltmen.com/photogallery4.htm

check it out.....dressed to kilt party:
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/partypictures/2004/04_09_04/partypictures04_09_04.php

[Dover]

1. Wouldn't want to leave out MR. PRIMITIVE himself

http://www.letusponder.com/survivorrupert.html

[truthspeaker]

2. These are popular in my neck of the woods

Utilikilts

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. Kilts rock- I want to get one so I can be like my idol:

[JohnKleeb]

4. you mean me Idol you Scot wannabe

If the original Bond wore a Kilt, wouldnt he be a Scot not an Englishman?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. The original character has one Swiss parent and one Scots.

[JohnKleeb]

7. ahh I didnt know that

Thanks. So a chocolate banker kilt wearer :D and simliar to my dad who is German-Irish.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. Incidentally, Kilts and Tartan are a fraud. They're Victorian inventions.

[JohnKleeb]

8. you mean it was just commericialism to make the Scots "unique"

didnt knwo that, or you gonna tell me now, that William Wallace was really a monkey :D. Just joking, I got respect for the Scots.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Here's some background.

As far as Wallace goes, I believe he was a mutant stoat.

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Thr_Yrs/Kirk_Tartan/KT_Notes_1.html

The obsession with tartans and kilts is of fairly recent origin. We know little or nothing of what Highlanders wore before the abolition and the first ones thereafter were made in the Scottish Lowlands.

The kilt as we know it is also of 19th century origin despite all the romantic hoo ha. The new wave that brought them in was due to the efforts of Sir Walter Scott and others of similar ilk developed in the course of a planned 'Highland' ball in Edinburgh to welcome King William the somethingest. My attitude, however, is even if the tartans had originated just a week ago they remain something uniquely Scottish as does the new kilt in which we can take pride. It was good while in Canada to see that all the Provinces have their own tartans, Nova Scotia naturally being the first to do so with their lovely blue weave.

http://www.majestictech.com/the-celtic-net/kilthistory.html

The tartan kilt has long been the most recognisable cultural tradition of the Highland Scots. Therefore, it surprises most people that many of the most recognisable features and traditions associated with the wearing of the kilt have, in fact, been developed in the nineteenth century, not by Scottish Highlanders, but by the Nobles of England and Scotland.

There is much evidence that many of the more recognisable tartans seen today are in fact creations of Scottish and English tailors during the reign of Queen Victoria. Despite this, it has generally been accepted that the basic concepts of the tartan and the wearing of the kilt do indeed have their origin in the history of the early Scottish and Irish clans, or families. It has been demonstrated that certain clans did aspire to a certain uniformity of design for their garments as early as the tenth and eleventh centuries.

The kilt, or philabeg to use its older Gaelic name, that has now become the standard dress for all "Highlanders", has its origin in an older garment called the belted plaid. The Gaelic word for tartan is breacan, meaning partially colored or speckled, and every tartan today features a multicolored arrangement of stripes and checks. These patterns, or sett's, are used to identify the clan, family, or regiment with which the wearer is associated. Although the kilt is the most recognisable of the tartans, it also manifests itself in the form of trews (trousers), shawls, and skirts.

[JohnKleeb]

10. Ive heard that

ahh very interesting.

[Dover]

11. ...and now worn by Texas nobelmen and lowlanders

From the article:

Megan Haas, co-founder of The Utilikilts Co., a 4-year-old business out of Seattle that specializes in "American utility kilts for everyday wear" says that the great state of Texas has been one of its best consumers. Whether it be an abundance of annual Gaelic celebrations such as the Arlington Highland Games, the North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas or the Houston International Festival, there are a lot of men roaming free in "man-skirts" in the Lone Star State.

"Fashion designers have been trying to put out a male skirt for a long time, but you don't see a lot of them, and there's a reason why," says Haas who adds that Utilikilts are more accurately described as a men's unbifurcated garment than a traditional kilt. "This is the man's skirt the world has been waiting for. Men in Texas have this primitive impulse that a Utilikilt indulges."

[Dover]

12. And don't forget the Romans......(nice legs!)

[EstimatedProphet]

13. Alright!

This makes me feel much better. I am going to get a kilt in my family tartan for my wedding. I guess I won't be alone...

[Dover]

14. Koool........what's your tartan?

Got a picture?

[EstimatedProphet]

15. I do! Robertson tartan

The Robertsons claim to be descended from Crinan, Lord of Atholl, from whom sprang the royal house of Duncan I, the King of the Scots. The Robertson clan is more properly called “Clan Donnachaidh” from their ancestor Duncan, who was a staunch supporter of Robert the Bruce, and who led the Clan at the Battle of Bannockburn.

[Dover]

16. Mighty handsome tartan. It will look great at the wedding..very special!

And quite a proud heritage you've got there. I see your clan has always been politically correct!

[Lavender Brown]

17. Yay kilts

[arbusto_baboso]

18. I wear the kilt in Cameron of Lochiel tartan...

but I don't go "regiemntal". Slight wool allergy, you know.

And don't ask me how I found that out.

But my legs do look damn fine. If I were gay, I'd definitely do me.