R*belle pointed me to the next big thing in hot romance man fashion: Utilikilts.
Now, when my sister in law hiked the Appalachian Trail, she told the family that a LOT of the guys on the trail used to buy elastic waist, stretchy skirts at Wal-marts and Targets and wear them hiking, as they were less constrictive and much cooler for hiking. I’m also well aware that many a fine Scots, Welsh or Irish man has donned a kilt, to say nothing of formal wear kilts. Let’s face it – men in kilts can be hot damn sexy as anything.
But I’m not sure the Workman’s Model will catch on. If we renovate our house, and the workmen show up in a utilikilt? My jaw will drop, no question. But I might have to order Hubby a Mocker Docker-equivalent kilt for Father’s Day. You know, so he can wear it to the office and stuff. Funny thing is, I’d think it was kinda hot. He’d probably want to kill me.
These things are ubiquitous where I live (Bay Area) and where I play (Burning Man). Let me tell you, 99% of the guys wearing them should just stick with jeans or fatigues. And for the love of all things holy, please stop wearing them with tennis shoes or flip-flops!!! Boots. BOOTS! (Yes I’ve been watching the “RED†scene in Kinky Boots over and over this weekend).
If you look like Duncan McCleod, yes, where a kilt.
If you look like Duncan Donuts, DON’T!
I love utilikilts. It’s amusing because I think the first time I saw them worn was by leathermen in a gay pride parade in Seattle. Hot! Hot! Hot!
Unless he’s really comfortable with his sexuality, maybe it’s best not to tell you straight boyfriends about that comment.
My word is “efforts69”! That sounds like a lovely rationale for utilikilts.
Kalen. Please tell me you are kidding.
Flipflops?!
Oh no no no.
*cries*
That’s WEAR a kilt!
(Argh, and this on a book forum, the shame, the SHAME!)
Okay…just have to jump in again. Even though my partner is thin and geeky, I do like me a beefy man. There’s nothing like a big and strong man to get my heart pumping. (I especially love it when they wear kilts and you can appreciate the big, strong calves.)
Science fiction fan living in the SF Bay area—and I see a lot of guys wearing those at the local science fiction cons. And boy, are they nice eye candy on well-built guys. I was also once treated to a demonstration of exactly how far the wearer can put his foot up the wall and not have the kilt slide back to reveal all.
Hmm. Movement29…
Oh my goodness!
And to think that I know at least two guys who’d look really good in these! *plotting Father’s Day gifts*
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Wow. My new favorite web site. I thought at first it was just the humor with which the descriptions were written, but I think I drooled a little over the leather one…
I worked with a guy that would wear his Workman several times a year. Although his day job was a computer engineer, he was all you would want for a kilt model. Yes, with work boots.
I must put a plug in for:
http://www.neokilt.com/
as I am a happy owner of one. (Bought for me by my wife, no less!)
I prefer them over the Utilikilts as the Neo Kilts are more traditional-looking in design. Plus, the guy who makes them is really cool.
My wife keeps saying that guys don’t know what they’re missing by not owning one. If you have the body type for it, guys, go for it!
And exactly how far would that be, Jules? Inquiring and dirty minds want to know. And did you see the goods when the kilt finally slipped? 😉
I see utilikilts frequently where I live (Seattle), but somehow they’re just not sexy to me in the way a proper Scottish kilt is. I guess kilts need their historical associations as well as a guy with good legs to turn me on.
That’s what I’ve been seeing around Seattle lately…answers to all the important questions will eventually be answered at SB!
The ‘modesty snaps’ kinda ruin them for me, I mean a real man doesn’t wear anything under his kilt right?
Um old and busted, and guys, just because you work out… with kilts that better mean you work on your legs too.
As a gay man, I am sick and tired of the over weight hairless whales out there wearing these or spandex running shorts.
There is just not enough hairy, muscle calved, men out there and kilts just prove that fact more often than not.
We have a teacher in my school district who wears these with SNEAKERS! Agh! My eyes! (There’s work afoot to draft a School Board Policy to address a teacher’s dress code specifically to address this one lame guy. And I sit on the policy committee. NO! I Don’t Want to draft a teacher’s dress code policy. I don’t!) We’re kind of asking the union leadership to please put some pressure on this guy to wear the Dockers, dammit.
I agree, Teddy Pig, you should have to prove that your calves are hairy and big before you buy these.
I’ve gotten pretty used to guys running around in Utilikilts. There’s always at least one on a band member at the local Irish pub every weekend, and usually a few in the audience, too. I haven’t seen anything too hideous, but that may be because I’m rather “Meh” on the subject of beefy guys in the first place.
My boyfriend mentioned getting one once. But he says it’s pretty far down his shopping list.
Mmmmm mmmm good…kilts. While I agree with the sentiment that lovely strong shapely calves are important on a kilt-wearer, to me, wearing a kilt is 98 percent attitude and 2 percent yummy legs. I’ve been to weddings and whatnot where regular old Joes that wouldn’t turn your head have been absolutely transformed by wearing a kilt. Wearing one well requires a manliness that transcends beautiful legs. But never, NOT EVER, with sneakers or flip-flops.
These kilts are a wonderfully delicious find! Thanks for the tip!
As someone—who despite not being a Scot—lives about a mile away from Edinburgh Castle, I have to say I’m not convinced by those particular kilts. No, not at all.
That ‘Tuxedo’ monstrosity looks especially ugly—half a foot longer at the back than the front? *boggle*—and there was I thinking it was pretty difficult to screw up a kilt as formal wear.
I am enlightened.
The burning question, though: Would the workmen be climbing ladders?
I feel awful for being so viciously practical, but skirts? For hiking?
A friend of mine just spent a year battling Lyme disease.
I’ll be in this corner with my pant legs tucked into my thick socks, plzkthnx.
On the other hand—in a tick-free zone? Hmm hmm. Lovely stuff for the lads. I’m suddenly SO much more excited for my trip to Scotland in the fall. I’ve been listening to Runrig for days now.
Something to wear when I’m not in my assless chaps
Phyllis think about trying to get them to sit properly… The wrinkles alone from plopping down on their fat asses without smoothing down the back.
As a former chubby private school girl, I can state from experience that if you’re chunky enough, and the skirt only goes to the knees, you’re not going to be sitting on much skirt by the time it’s all said and done. Then again, I got a lot of junk in my trunk to wrap the skirt around, so perhaps it was just me getting chilly around the tender bits on those cold plastic chairs because the skirt rode up so far in the back when I sat… 🙂
I may have to send those links to some people I know, actually. When a man has nice knees, he’s got nice knees and it’s criminal that they’re covered up. I, personally, want to turn back men’s fashion to knee hose and heels. Lord, but they didn’t half flatter those calves…..
I bought my hubby one for his birthday a few years back. He doesn’t wear it often…but oh, I do love it when he does!
And with work boots only, of course!
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I’ve never seen a man in a skirt. Well, apart from the greebos outside Camden Town station. How sheltered my life is.
My school uniform was a kilt. I think in the interests of equality, as girls were allowed to wear trousers then boys were, theoretically, allowed to wear kilts. We never pursuaded one though. Maybe if we’d had these super-manly kilts…
I recall my brother’s best friend threatening to wear a kilt to grad. He didm’t, but I’ve seen other local boys do it. Not the tuxedo kilt shown, but more traditional garb, with sporrans and all.
I was at a formal military ball and was shocked and rather horrified when my S3 (Operations Officer) turned up in a kilt as his formal wear. He had completely correct uniform shirt and jacket, with awards, and the kilt and sporran and knee socks with ceremonial dagger and everything. But he refused to tell me what he was wearing under the kilt and didn’t appreciate my joke about being thankful that I wasn’t the only person at a Field Artillery Ball wearing a skirt. ::shrugs:: 😉
I go to a fair number of Scottish dance events, and can appreciate a man in a kilt. I object to utilikilts in formal situations, however, because they’re so clearly informal. (Even that hideous “Tuxedo” doesn’t convince as formal wear.) And on the gender equality front, it’s kind of nice that real kilts are as expensive as formal wear for women…even if you can get a lot more wear out of them than your average gown.
After hearing all of the Seattle-ites on this list talk about the presence of kilts out there, I am doubly annoyed that I’m not going home to Seattle for the summer.
I went to the College of Wooster, which is tiny, but its one claim to fame is its Scottish Band—the band wears full regalia (and, yes, many of them do wear their kilts ‘properly’). There were also pipers and Scottish dancers.
It was a fantastic environment in which to become a kilt-fancier, let me tell you.
These are nothing new to frequenters of major (and many minor) science fiction conventions.
Most look good in kilts. Some guys look really hot in kilts. A few look not-so-good, but they are unlikely to look good in anything, so why not at least be comfortable?
And was anyone else at Maryland Sheep and Wool festival two weeks ago? Did you see Hot Kilt Guy? Whoo, he was one of the sorts who should wear kilts all the time. And yes, he wore boots.
Yum—kilts in novels—it’ll bring a new twist to the tired old story about the guy tossing the girls skirts up over her head and well… you know the rest. 🙂
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I told my hubby, who is fascinated with the Appalachian trail that if he’d wear one, I’d hike it with him. My idea of roughing it involves going somewhere that doesn’t leave a mint on your pillow. LOL.
So, I see this, and I immediatley think of my male hiking buddies and wonder, oh dear – does this mean I’ll be staring up at all their junk?
But someone matched a “modesty snap” – what, like a onesie for a baby? Or like spankies on a cheerleader?
Hmmm – could be verra sexy or just weak.
And really, it’s all about the man in the kilt, though I agree, with the help of the right outfit, a guy can go from tool to drool.
Visiting DC recently, I saw my brother-in-law in an Amerikilt (http://www.amerikilt.com/) for the first time. He looked fantastic. I told my husband I’m getting him one for Father’s Day. I figure, if we can get American men to accept the plain-jane black twill versions, sooner or later, they’ll be swinging the whole tartan-and-sporran look.
I’ve been a long standing fan of the kilt: being a Scottish history buff, I’ve seen many a man who needs his kilt license revoked. I also know too many people who embrace the overly romanticized lifestyle associated with the kilts.
Having said that, holy shit when I finally got my husband in one (for his sister’s wedding; thank you to my brother-in-law for the choice of garb), I pounced his hotness as soon as we could get behind closed doors. Sadly, we were in a small apartment and other people were in the next room. Spoil sport.
As for other women’s preferences of well-built muscular men in a kilt, nothing says ‘I want to f**k you like an animal” for me is a nice runners/swimmers build with well-toned legs and a slender upper body. Funny enough, the Sport Kilt is quite popular in my running-and-drinking club, but this is also a group (not just here but around the world) who enjoys running around in fancy dresses, too.
Right, that’s it. Camera goes on the belt pouch when I’m at Baycon end of the month, the better that I can record kiltporn for posterity…
A good traditional Scottish kilt, in my opinion, is much preferable to modernized or altered versions. (The “Tuxedo” kilt? JUST SAY NO.) Some guys don’t have to be humongously beefy to wear them, though; Scottish actor David Tennant tends to wear one a lot, and his geek charm carries it off quite well.
But yes, there are some people who simply should not wear kilts, just like there are some women that Spandex was not intended for. (Me, for example.) After spending last summer working at a Renaissance Fair, I came to the conclusion that what America needs is a Kilt Permit: in order to obtain a kilt-buying license, you must pass a basic written test, as well as match cards to show what is acceptable and not acceptable wear with a kilt. Those who fail will be forcibly betrousered and sent home.
YES! Kilt permit/license. Also to add to that, I think you need to have a final panel of judges determine if your build and legs can carry off a kilt. Seriously, portly pasty men just should not wear kilts. Since Highland Games season is upon me, and I’ll have to start attending them (I’m a Clan Rep.), I’m sure my eyes will be assaulted by the non-deserving.
You’ve not seen anything until you’ve seen wrinkly old man junk peeking out from under a kilt accidentally.
Anyone else find this model photo just a little unnerving?
David Tennant: YES! Ewan McGregor Oh Yes!