Has anyone tried midi- or maxi-length kilts as an alternative to skirts in the early, tentative phase of transitioning to public cross-dressing?  I have a few regular kilts, but I haven't work them very often.  Just wondering if a full-length kilt might blend in a little more easily as a kind of provisional garment versus a true skirt.  Maybe this is more of a non-binary question? 

I suppose so, but isn't the kilt a very specific male garment? I see men wearing them in public (not a bag pipe in sight) and there's no suggestion of it being cross dressing let alone andro/NB.

I guess kilts depend on where you come from. I have been over a fair amount of the United States and I think the only time I have see a kilt was on TV. They may use them in Scottish themed celebrations or in a service for a fallen police or fireman but they just aren't very common in the states.

A kilt is a male-specific garment, though women sometimes wear kilt-like skirts. 

I can see that it might be a good way to ease into the idea of wearing unbifurcated garments (that's what non-TG kilt- and skirt-wearing men call them ).  It might also be a good way to get the people around you used to the idea of your being a bit unconventional.

My short skirt length kilt from Utlikilt was essentially the first "skirt" I could handle in public 20 years ago.  It seems unless one adds the plaid shirt, long men's stockings and that bag pipe we are still subject to the huh? what's that your wearing sort of questions.  Yes, it is typically seen as unconventional and so am i

Now my kilt is often a good choice for a tough work skirt and my chores around the farm.

Get a regular skirt that kind of looks like a kilt and just tell people it is a kilt.  I knew a guy that did that once at a civil war reenactment. Nobody believed him but it gave him enough credibility to get away with it without any problems.


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Quote from: Tessa James on December 06, 2015, 04:30:33 PM
My short skirt length kilt from Utlikilt was essentially the first "skirt" I could handle in public 20 years ago.  It seems unless one adds the plaid shirt, long men's stockings and that bag pipe we are still subject to the huh? what's that your wearing sort of questions.  Yes, it is typically seen as unconventional and so am i

Now my kilt is often a good choice for a tough work skirt and my chores around the farm.

Sports work well for that too.

Thanks everyone, for your thoughts.  Many of them rang true for me.  There's a local outfit called SportKilt here in Los Angeles who makes both kilts and womens' matching skirts.  Sounds like a long skirt would actually be better than an extended-length kilt.  I find that the kilts are far less comfortable, with the waists being highly structured, I suppose out of fear that they might otherwise slide over narrow hips. 

I've seen a lot of me wearing Utilikilts around the Portland area.  Many parts of PDX are very open minded and you might get an odd glance from some folks but that's about it.  I've actually seen the kilts for sale in stores in he of the downtown shopping malls too. 

I haven't ventured down the kilt path though.  I did wear a neon green tutu for a 5K with my wife though; someone told her I wouldn't do it (she knew better) 

Quote from: Gertrude on December 06, 2015, 10:16:18 PM
Sports work well for that too.

I meant Skorts. Damn spell check.

Quote from: Dayta on December 06, 2015, 11:49:09 PM
Thanks everyone, for your thoughts.  Many of them rang true for me.  There's a local outfit called SportKilt here in Los Angeles who makes both kilts and womens' matching skirts.  Sounds like a long skirt would actually be better than an extended-length kilt.  I find that the kilts are far less comfortable, with the waists being highly structured, I suppose out of fear that they might otherwise slide over narrow hips.

Something like this?

Quote from: Gertrude on December 12, 2015, 03:56:46 PM
Something like this?

Yes!  Thank you! 

Quote from: KathyLauren on December 06, 2015, 03:24:02 PM
A kilt is a male-specific garment, though women sometimes wear kilt-like skirts. 

I can see that it might be a good way to ease into the idea of wearing unbifurcated garments (that's what non-TG kilt- and skirt-wearing men call them ).  It might also be a good way to get the people around you used to the idea of your being a bit unconventional.

I have been wearing a kilt for about 2 years now except and my job, I was going to say to work but I work all the time in my kilt.  They are great and after getting used to sweeping pleats to sit, being careful when sitting and crossing legs etc they are the best.  One thing I must master is when sitting on the ground, that is tough to do without the possible exposure.  And yes I always wear PANTIES! 

Quote from: KathyLauren on December 06, 2015, 03:24:02 PM
A kilt is a male-specific garment, though women sometimes wear kilt-like skirts. 

I can see that it might be a good way to ease into the idea of wearing unbifurcated garments (that's what non-TG kilt- and skirt-wearing men call them ).  It might also be a good way to get the people around you used to the idea of your being a bit unconventional.

I think there are some TGs in the kilt community. Heavily in the closet. I wear kilts and belong to a few kilt orgs.

I have a pleated 'school girl uniform' skirt in plaid that looks like a kilt. It is lots of fun.
However, a real kilt is hard-core male. I have Scottish ancestry (clan MacMillan) and would love to get a full traditional outfit but a real kilt alone is around $600!

Well, I thought about it, but I consider you have to be member of some clan to wear it

Quote from: Alice V on October 18, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Well, I thought about it, but I consider you have to be member of some clan to wear it

Nah. Plenty people are hardly Scottish and wear them.


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When I am not busy with theatre stuff, I participate in Scottish Country Dancing.  When I was in male mode, I contemplated getting a kilt.  (I am a MacCallum through my paternal grandmother.  Or I could wear Stewart through marriage.)  They are expensive, though, so I delayed.

Now, being full-time in female mode, there is no way I would wear one.  The female version of full dress costume is a white dress with a tartan sash.

Learning to dance on the opposite side of the set is tricky!

Quote from: KathyLauren on October 19, 2018, 08:31:36 AM
When I am not busy with theatre stuff, I participate in Scottish Country Dancing.  When I was in male mode, I contemplated getting a kilt.  (I am a MacCallum through my paternal grandmother.  Or I could wear Stewart through marriage.)  They are expensive, though, so I delayed.

Now, being full-time in female mode, there is no way I would wear one.  The female version of full dress costume is a white dress with a tartan sash.

Learning to dance on the opposite side of the set is tricky!

There are kilted skirts and the dancers have dress tartans as it were. It's lighter weight stuff. Kilts vary in cost depending on where they're made and the materials and how they're made. USA Kilts is a good place  for people in the US. There are shops in Canada, like north of Hadrian and freedom kilts.


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