sartorial testing

[gfish]

Today was again cold and wet, but I tested something out. I wore one of my Utilikilts and also took along a pair of long underwear in my backpack. Before heading home when it was extra cold and wet, I put them on. (Easy enough to do wearing a skirt, of course.) Worked pretty well! I wouldn't want to do it for long excursions, but for getting home it worked just fine. This was my old pair of cotton longjohns; I have a nice synthetic wicking pair which would work even better in the rain but they were dirty. The kilt itself got a bit drenched, but it's thick enough that it wasn't a problem even though it is also cotton. I'm glad to have the option to wear a kilt in this kind of weather. And I do like the long underwear under a kilt look. It appeals to the grungy PNW guy in me.

Comments

[maellenkleth]

heh, you'll have made it when you start wearing a stanfields' wool undershirt, one size too big, as an overshirt with that outfit!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Was gonna say, that's so PNWet of you.... I'm not quite that grungy yet; the UK is definitely summerwear for me... or conwear where I don't have to be outside much... besides. It just doesn't fit under motorcycle leathers. And wearing the UK *over* leathers... well, I don't swing that way. :)

And yeah, +1 on the synthetic underoos; for me they work better even than silks. Used to wear'em under my riding jeans before I got leathers; they helped a lot.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

One word: legwarmers...


*runs ducks hides...and peeking out to see if'n you "get" that although they became a much-reviled '80s fashion to poke fun at, they began as (and can still serve as) a practical design for keeping your legs, um, WARM*

[ishidav.livejournal.com]

I approve. I still consider myself a Pacific Northwesterner, although running away to California for undergrad discounts me to some.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

It was at least the more sane northern part of CA. :)

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Oh god I bet that was sexy as hell.

...I still have the pair you loaned me for the inauguration; if you want 'em back soon I can arrange something.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Those were corivax's, actually. Or the pair I have up here was. We got them for the Olympic coast hike, I think. Not sure why I ended up with both pairs.