He’s not the only American to have reached this conclusion either - he’s not even the only senior IT specialist. “It’s really hard to put pants back on after tasting that level of freedom.” “That way, it almost feels like I’m wearing nothing at all,” he says with a grin. And so, as a self-proclaimed recreational nudist, Jernigan prefers to complement his nighttime kilt with only shoes and socks and patronize establishments that permit shirtlessness. Plus, as everyone knows, a “ True Scotsman ” wouldn’t be caught dead wearing boxer briefs under his kilt. After all, he says wearing underwear beneath the bottom half of a Great Kilt would essentially transform it into a skirt, since the only distinction between kilts and skirts are that kilts are pleated in the back. For instance, school girls throughout Spain have traditionally worn tartan dresses Indian regiments in the Raj wore kilts and played the bagpipes Japanese fashion has long embraced the kilt and tartan bondage trousers were core to the identity of many London punks.īut again, for Jernigan, the key to kilting is no undies. So Americans are more than welcome to strap one on.” Many other cultures have as well.
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“While the kilt is indeed part of Scottish identity, it’s for everyone to wear. “ Tartan is ubiquitous and universal,” he answers. I ask Robertson if Americans should be wary of appropriating such a beloved Scottish garment, but he shakes it off. The kilts we see today are essentially the bottom half of that Great Kilt. Originating in the Highlands, Hamilton says the “ G reat Kilt ” was a practical garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak, draped over the shoulder as a hood, draped over the head or even as a blanket at bedtime.
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Its significance dates back hundreds of years, adds Alyssa Hamilton with the Kilt Society in Edinburgh. Or regimented, as Scots refer to the practice of commando kilting.Ī brief Scottish cultural history lesson: The kilt was originally a course brown and green woolen blanket, dyed using natural vegetable oils, explains Douglas Robertson, a professor of social sciences at the University of Stirling in Scotland.