Introduction to Kilt Wearing.

Hello kilterjohnnie,I don't know what it is about kilts but I really do love them,I think they are so sexy!!

Being a bit older than you, kilterjohnnie, I can explain how
the "girl's knickers" phase came about.
Before the Second World War, undertrews (lined tartan
shorts with button fly and fitted waist) were automatically
supplied by kiltmakers. They derived from the practice
of Officers in the army and were not very comfortable
especially for growing boys. Kiltmakers then began to
supply the same type of garment in bottle green in a
denim-like material and for boys what were effectively
green interlock cotton boxer shorts with no front opening.
None of these were regarded as underwear and it was
quite usual for boys and men to remove their kilts in
public if the occasion demanded.
What with clothing rationing during the war, mothers soon
appreciated that if you took the leg elastic out of sister's
or female cousin's green or navy school bloomers you had
more or less identical boys' trews. Fairly soon removal of
the elastic was skipped and even men began to wear
these knickers; seems strange nowadays but nobody
seemed to bat an eyelid at the time. The bloomers
evolved into briefs and that is where you came in.
Then in the early fifties, y-fronts (jockey shorts) came on
the scene and were very popular with teenage kilties,
often they were dyed green or red to be less conspicuous.
Frequently dark coloured soccer shorts were also worn
and still are though men's underwear to tone with the
tartan is much more common nowadays.
Very few Scots go without some undergarment despite
emphatic statements to the contrary.

Trewscot,
Many thanks for your enlightening comment. And I agree with everything you say especially the last sentence. I am sure that more men than admit it wear something under their kilts and I can see nothing wrong with that at all. I am of the opinion that you should wear what ever you are comfortable with. I just want to encourage the wearing of the kilt and not just at rugbyor football matches or weddings. Wear the kilt when ever you want, wear it formal, wear it casual , however you want , just wear it.

I think you might be interseted to hear that my 11 yr old son has taken a dislike to wearing his kilt because he feels it is too like a girls skirt. We have tried everything to peruade him to change his mind but the kiltlifting at parties etc and the silly remarks are putting him off. We tried him out wearing a pair of matching tartan undertrews which his Mum, a seamstress, ran up with the sewing machine and it has worked wonders. The lad feels comfortable that they are completely masculine and dont resemble girls knickers in any way. This might be a sea-change in kiltwearing.!! Any thoughts?

As I've said before it doesn't matter what is under a lad's kilt as long as he enkoys wearing the kilt and if he feels more comfortable with matching tartan undertrews that's fine.
With the number of schools demanding coloured underwear for girls though bottle green or navy blue knickers are rapidly becoming things of the past and soon will not be recognised as girl's underwear and so wearing them under one's kilt may become accepted again.

Hello my friend, all the boys at my school wore the kilt it's part of the school uniform. Hunting Stewart kilts and
red tunics. Did not like it at first, but everyone soons get use to the idea.

Sounds to as if you might be a QV old boy?????

Wow smart guess, yes I go to Queen Victoria School.
Haig House.

I've known several lads who went to QV in years gone past. Do you take part in the pipe band or the dancing team?