Skirt Cafe is an on-line community dedicated to exploring, promoting and advocating skirts and kilts as a fashion choice for men, formerly known as men in skirts. We do this in the context of men's fashion freedom --- an expansion of choices beyond those commonly available for men to include kilts, skirts and other garments. We recognize a diversity of styles our members feel comfortable wearing, and do not exclude any potential choices. Continuing dialog on gender is encouraged in the context of fashion freedom for men. See here for more details.
skirted84 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:08 pm
Visually a kilt with the comfort of a skirt
yardstick wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 6:28 pm
I tried an experiment and purchased a 5 yd cheapie tartan patterned one and I have to say it is a lot easier to live with than an 8yd but still looks ok enough and avoids some of the double takes when wearing a normal skirt
What we are really saying here is that it's a skirt hidden in plain sight by virtue of being kiltish.
Ok, if it works for you, go for it.
Personally, I cannot see any expression of freedom in this idea, sorry.
Steve.
Confidence is required for a man to wear a skirt and achieve dressing freedom. Some people have boundless confidence, but for most of us, confidence is something that comes and goes, like the sea ebbing and flowing. On the days when the desire to wear a skirt is strong, but the confidence is ebbing, a kilt, skirted kilt, gender free skirt, what ever helps skirt, is just the skirt to wear...........to increase the confidence enough to open the front door and stride out into the open world.
Let us on this site, build each other up, for each of us to wear the clothes we each want to wear. These will be radically different for each of us, but the fact that they are different, shows us that we are free to choose to be different.
Mouse wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:29 am
Let us on this site, build each other up, for each of us to wear the clothes we each want to wear. These will be radically different for each of us, but the fact that they are different, shows us that we are free to choose to be different.
Agreed Mouse, but the "Kilt" comes with a special proviso and especially from such as myself.
Just do not try to pretend that isn't an ersatz skirt under these circumstances.
Mouse wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 7:29 am
On the days when the desire to wear a skirt is strong, but the confidence is ebbing, a kilt, skirted kilt, gender free skirt, what ever helps skirt, is just the skirt to wear...
Fine, but Scots, men and boys, have an added problem which is all the damnable hype and myth surrounding our "proper" national dress.
I have said before, wear whatever you wish, but do it for the right and honest reasons.
Real freedom comes at a cost, I know!
Steve.
Caused a bit of a debate there. Reminds me of the good ole meme Kilt - what happened to the last person that called it a skirt. Kilt! Fortunately we've moved on from that.
Stevie, you probably know by now I have no inhibitions wearing skirts far removed from kilts, as you've seen in person. Occasionally tartan skirts but not something that could be passed as one for eg a wedding or even football. Yes I still have limits like tight mini skirts, frills, or inappropriate footwear.
Theres a further debate whether the Kilt in its traditional form should be freed from the formalities its expected in or patriotic scenes like the Tartan Army, and its not new by any means.
Hi,
I have both "proper" kilts [although of varying lengths] and "kilt-skirts".
The latter ones that I wear are great for the summer, being made from light weight wool and without the additional structure of "proper" kilts. They do up the other way from "proper" kilts [both men's and womens kilts wrap to the right hip]
Ebay is a good source for these.
As far as I'm concerned they are all skirts, but skirts that are "acceptable" for men to wear.
I haven't (as yet) worn a non kilt like skirt in public,
I like plaids. Tartans are plaids. They are colourful and can be muted or bright. You can make them as a kilt, a wrap skirt or as any kind of skirt.
Maybe in Great Britain people know the difference but most other places in the world they have not idea of what is truly a kilt. I have had people call my plaid skirts, kilts and my kilts, skirts.
I am currently working on making a pleated 8 yard wrap skirt; kilt, in what might be called Canada's plaid. It is red and black. I am sure a lot of people will call it a kilt, but it is not a Scottish Tartan.
My point being for those that are negative on kilts forget that term. Look at plaids instead as colourful way to make a skirt that most people will like and accept.
Just my opinion
Dan
Here any skirt you wear will be refereed to as a Kilt simply because a man is wearing it. I dont argue with then just let then use that as a generic term fir a MIS.
Both of those will be called a Kilt by the locals here.
