Out and About -- In the World at Large

[john62]

This Saturday night had dinner at a large shopping complex in eastern Melbourne, at Knox Shopping Centre, went Greek, quite nice but the pita bread was overcooked then a film, The Maze Runner, was reasonable, wore an ankle biter skirt with a Polo top, a few looks, no comments, a good night.

John

[dillon]

I spent all day yesterday in a chocolate colored corduroy mini by Kuhl, in the morning at the Farmer's Market and an art fair in downtown Wilmington, then a stop at a supermarket to get a bottle of cheap Moscato, and later at Topsail Beach, for another arts fair and music, then out to dinner for seafood. It has been a beautiful weekend. Today was downright cool, even nippy. Yesterday was gorgeous with high temps in the mid seventies F. I wore a chamois shirt in the morning and evening for a bit of warmth. We just got back from a neighborhood walk, and though I was in Fila tights and a Cinch LS athletic top, I should have worn mittens, b/c my fingers are freezing. I do love autumn, though, especially once the tropical rain systems give us a break.

[STEVIE]

This is just basic, denim skirt, the local recycling facility. I'd already asked one of the workers where to chuck a redundant printer, no notice.
Next bit, older gent asks for some assistance. He has only a bath to chuck and it aint small. Fortunately, it's moulded glass fibre and quite light, just bulky. Side by side, we heaved it into the correct bin.
Skirt nil, decent deed, one, just the way I like it
Steve

[partlyscot]

Saturday night, the upstairs, friends, co-workers, landlord.. had a "Halloween" party. Costumes optional, just an excuse to invite people over, try out some new foods and drink. in the end, no-one wore costumes, but I wore my favourite skirt, a diagonal plaid knee length wool skirt, long sleeved wool sweater in a wine red that works well with the skirt colours. Also some long ski socks that have a hexagon pattern. (it was snowing here, I didn't have to go outside, but the outfit worked for the conditions) I was told later that the first guy there had asked the host about it, but had no issues with it. Did finally have a comment, and reaction. One of the girls I use to work with, who has been on maternity leave for about 4 months was quite startled to see the skirt, we didn't get much chance to talk, but later she seemed more curious about the material than anything else. Other than that, non event.

[STEVIE]

The barber, the dentist, the doctor and simply out and about.
Just the trivia of life, no comments, let alone fanfares.
That's me in a skirt.
I just wish I hadn't taken so long.
To get here.
Anybody out there struggling, if I got there ,then so can you!
Steve.

[Darryl]

Went out and about today light brown with black collar trim sleeveless wind-breaker over a red long-sleeved polo shirt and a knee-length black vertically-pleated...or at least 'ruffled' skirt with suntan medium support hose, white socks and black Brooks walking shoes. Walked around the mall a couple of times, went in a couple stores and looked at some blazers, videos and so on, bought a few things, no issues. Didn't notice any stares, double-takes or anything.

Stopped at Goodwill to see what they had in skirts and such, a few items but not the right size. Looked around and was following two ladies doing the same and was right up close and squeezing past them in tight quarters as we looked at different things. Found an interesting 210-pound Bowflex. But anyway, we were in sight of each other, up close for a good 20-25 minutes, then as I squeezed past to leave the white-haired older lady turned and said "What's that you're wearing? A skirt?" I said "Sure, its quite comfortable." She replied "Why not? Women wear pants." We smiled and went our separate ways.

[Charlie]

I've travelled abroad by aircraft twice this year, and both times wore Union kilts. These kilts have some metalwork in the form of snap fasteners and buckles all in the waist area. Interestingly, the security metal detectors at the airports only went off on a couple of occasions, so I guess there must be a sensitivity tolerance on the machines. I was patted down a couple of times, all done professionally and with no embarrasment. The guy who patted me down at Larnaca airport (Cyprus) even asked if I was Scottish.

Wearing a kilt in Cyprus was not a problem although I wore a sarong most of the time due to the heat.

Mrs C and I also went to Copenhagen for a contradance festival at Tommerup. Again the kilt was no problem an no-one seemed to notice while we were sight-seeing.

I had a conversation with one of the friends we were staying with. He said that as he was a Dane he wouldn't be comfortable in a skirt, but perhaps the English had a different culture. Anyway, he didn't disaprove of my kilts

Charlie

[BBB]

Went to a 2 day course (3 male and 3 female ) and on Friday I was the only one wearing a skirt. The irony was not lost

[skirtyscot]

At my choir practices I was quite often the only person in a skirt. That's with 12 - 18 women there. Then we got two or three new sopranos with a higher propensity to wear a skirt than the existing singers (except me of course!) so it is now a pretty rare event.

[dillon]

I purchased this skirt in the "ruby" color at Mast General Store in Waynesville, NC, back in the summer and it finally got cold enough to wear it. I paid less than $10 for it on closeout, though its at least one waist size too large.

http://www.woolrich.com/woolrich/detail ... 267006867#

I wore it to a film screening of Love Is Strange starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, and the accompanying lecture by the filmmaker Ira Sachs a couple weeks ago, with black sweater, tights, and clogs. The skirt was the one flash of color, and I think it worked nicely, though somehow a couple sitting by me mistook it for a kilt, despite the fact that that plaid looks nothing like a tartan, nor does the garment resemble a kilt. Some people just have to rationalize things their own way, I suppose. When I get motivated to set up the tripod, I will photo the outfit and post it.

I'm considering ordering the same skirt in the onyx color, though I will feel cheated paying $49 for it after getting the other one so cheaply. I suppose If I average the price of the two, I can rationalize it, though!

[pelmut]

I am one of the organisers of a regular meeting in a 'working man's club' type of venue. I had never worn a skirt during these events because, although the club was never rowdy, many of the regulars appeared overtly macho and I couldn't be certain how they might behave after an evening of hard drinking. Also, I often had a prominent part to play in the proceedings and I didn't want the way I dressed to be any sort of distraction.

Yesterday evening I knew I was only going to be required in the background but had nevertheless put on trousers in readiness for the event - then I spotted this on Angelsforum : http://www.angelsforum.co.uk/phpforum/v ... =2&t=28526. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a Transgender Day Of Remembrance. My conscience began to nag me, here were people who had been murdered because their gender didn't fit in with the twisted norms of their society, at the very least I should do my bit to broaden the views of my own society - so at the last minute I changed my trousers for a skirt.

There was no problem at all. Sometimes I noticed a few amused (or perhap bemused) looks and just smiled back. At the end of the evening I had a very pleasant conversation with some of the 'regulars' who were curious about skirt wearing, but nobody was at all disapproving. I'm glad I plucked up the courage to wear it.

[crfriend]

[...] I had never worn a skirt during these events because, although the club was never rowdy, many of the regulars appeared overtly macho and I couldn't be certain how they might behave after an evening of hard drinking. Also, I often had a prominent part to play in the proceedings and I didn't want the way I dressed to be any sort of distraction.

[...]

There was no problem at all. Sometimes I noticed a few amused (or perhap bemused) looks and just smiled back. At the end of the evening I had a very pleasant conversation with some of the 'regulars' who were curious about skirt wearing, but nobody was at all disapproving. I'm glad I plucked up the courage to wear it.

That's the way it usually is. I'm a sometimes regular at a remarkably down-market bar in a rather "rough" town a few miles north of where I live (a friend owns the establishment) and there has never been a lick of trouble with my skirts -- in fact the folks there have been pretty much universally accepting of it. This goes to show that you can't really judge folks by their outward "looks" and milieu.

[Couya]

Bit what conexión can there be between skirt wearing and transgender?

Martin

[crfriend]

Bit what conexión can there be between skirt wearing and transgender?

There isn't one, really, at least not a causal one. There is, however, a perceived connexion that many folks have because they can't initially wrap their heads around why a guy would wear anything other than trousers -- and it's that first impression that forces the need to categorize a behaviour -- or, in this case, a simple style choice. Once engaged in conversation, the notion can be handily dispelled, but that's only after pointing up that there's really nothing "sexual" involved in the matter.

It is for this reason that I actively advocate for engagement with those around you if you dare to be different.

[Departed Member]

Not a story of wearing a skirt in public per se, but I recently joined a facebook group for 25+ LDS (Latter Day Saint, AKA Mormon) singles in hopes of meeting friends of the female variety there for possible development of romantic relationships and in my introduction I let them know up front I'm a male skirt wearer, why I wear skirts, and I put some pics up of the types of skirts I wear. I haven't seen any comments or anything on post, but I'll give it a little while and see what happens. I'm hoping there will be some LDS women out there who are more forward thinking and open minded toward male skirt wearing. But we'll see. If nothing happens and no one bites, oh well, their loss! Life goes on and I'm not gonna worry about. I'll keep looking for that special woman out there who I can develop a lasting relationship with that accepts me as I am and who I can accept as she is. But either way, my skirt wearing is out in the "virtual" public now, and it's quite empowering knowing this. People can accept it or dislike it; no sweat off my nose. That's life. People either like ya or dislike ya, like what you do or dislike what you do.