RI-Sailor

Today is Wear a Kilt to Work Day – the entire male staff of KTLA, the local news station is wearing kilts today (it may just be in that newsroom, LOL).

No, not just your local news station (though I didn't see anyone other than a female HS student in a plaid skirt yesterday...).

http://www.kiltday.com/

If you can stand for any more "food for thought" - I know the St. Andrew's Society in the state of Rhode Island was able to get the state to adopt a "Rhode Island Tartan". You may want to investigate and see if your state had adopted one.

First off - go ahead and wear a kilt!

Be a bit prepared - you may get a few stares, questions, and a few forward women who want to investigate what is under your kilt... (A friend told me a story about wearing his to a Halloween party...I was shocked :eek: !)

You may want to buy an inexpensive black utility kilt and wear it on a casual night (after some practicing at home sitting down in a variety of types of chairs - I've seen one guy get too close to the back of a folding chair when sitting and have his kilt caught over the top edge:o ). If you don't like wearing it, then you haven't invested a fair amount of money in something you aren't comfortable wearing!

Do not feel you have to learn to play the bagpipes in order to wear a kilt! Plenty of Scottish heritage groups thoughout the world have events - Highland games, casual and formal dances and other celebrations which you will find men wearing kilts - and some even wear them to walk their dogs! (Well, OK, this guy was scheduled to be at an event but need to walk the dog first ;) !).

Elisa's

 

Well, she won me a "tiny" bit over this week, but being the opposite of VictorYa, and trying to let the judges know how much Ricky helped her, then also saying that she would take responsibility for being voted out...;)

 

Yet and still...

Sorry, this is lame boring dress (and can someone get a steamer iron or something please)...

 

This is one of those dresses that maybe it's like women think it's cute on another woman, but it's not very guy looking at a woman cute or sexy...

It just kind of looks like she had a bad night in a nightgown shredder or something...

...and I've lost all of my bust, waist, or any hip shape I might have had in this wrinkly gunny sack - but oh yeah, look at how cool my neckline is! (uhh, no "straight" man is paying attention to that!)

Meh.

I just want to take this an turn it into a sheath from the armpits to the hem (and add length to boot!). It would have worked better with the other two pieces in the "collection" if it were more fitted (and less wrinkled! I think the stitching at the hem is too tight and adding to the wrinkles!).

FYI: I did catch this show Saturday night while babysitting!

Is the Fashion board on the CC board?

Yes, look for Cruise Fashion & Beauty under Cruise Discussion Topics! I wouldn't have posted it outside of CC without asking!:cool:

I was a little worried about it at first. Being a red head I have to watch the colors. But it look good.

I hope you don't mind I posted a link from the Fashion board to your post. You look good in that red! Hope you can be inspiration to others!:)

Jane110 made most of the what looks good with a women's figure points, but I'll add some of the practical stuff to the lecture;) : I rarely carry a handbag (last time was my Burmuda bag in about 1982 and I could put that on top of the load of books I was carrying in high school). I'm much more of a hands-free shoulder bag person! I also prefer one that falls near my hips (having no waistline - and I'm 5'8" so finding a strap long enough is not always easy) and that isn't too big or too small. Plus I have to like the color, material, and style. I may be the fussiest bag person in the universe! I have gone a couple of years without buying a bag because I just don't find what I want (luckily, the ones I was carrying at the time were good bags and didn't die on me!).

Well, I'll pull my head out of my Vera Bradley tote and take a stab at this...I'm not a "I have to have "designer" anything by a long shot, but this is my collection:

1.Vera Bradley "Villager"? tote used as a purse when I need something big.

2. Liz Claiborne wallet I just looked at today, forgetting it was a "name" (purchased almost 7 years ago at an outlet store). It was a "don't-need-it-but-really-like-it" purchase.

3. Apostrophe shoulder bag for everyday use (about 2 years old)

4. Cole-Hahn briefcase that I bought about 9 years ago and never really used and maybe should sell on e-bay.

5. Deena (of Maine) purse that was a gift (too small for everyday, maybe should make it a "date-bag" instead of keeping it boxed in the closet - But Liz wallet doesn't fit in it).:(

6. Really no-name JC Penney "Call me collection" bag to replace Apostrophe bag (has spot for cell phone, so I don't have to dig it out of the bottom of the bag!).

7. I didn't dig out the gold beaded evening purse, purchased cheap for my brother's wedding in 1999, but I don't think it's anything really special.

8. Small black evening bag with wrist-strap that a bargain-hunter friend gave me - no name found in it.