More on alternatives to pants
I’ve been doing some research since my initial post about how pants make no sense.
A couple people suggested Utilikilts. If I had $171 to spend on a kilt and belt I’d get one. It doesn’t really bother me that a Utilikilt costs $131 when I could easily get three or four pair of pants for the same price, because I don’t like pants and because wear and tear is three or four times higher for pants, to say nothing of having to wash them more often.
The used Utilikilt market doesn’t help much either. eBay doesn’t have much, and it would be hard to find something in my size. There are also alternative brands but they don’t save me that much money.
I think it would be ideal and most elegant to just wear some type of robes around, but that’s too much of a departure from cultural norms and would require inventing my own clothing instead of just buying it. So that’s out.
Sarongs are interesting, because they’re from Polynesia, and men wear them in Polynesia as an unbifurcated garment. Plus, I actually have one (a friend got one for me in Bali after hearing me rant about how there should be alternatives to pants). But sarongs are really just summerwear, and it’s not warm enough yet, so…
Are you kidding me? Did you venture outdoors today? The weather was SPECTACULAR! :)
Yeah, and I did wear shorts today, but it’s not gonna stay like this, and it has to be truly hot for a sarong to make much sense.
I have had another Utilikilt acquisition idea. Would you consider asking Jacqueline to post a little notice for one in your size in your price range on her blog? Hell, if she can get a car and a job that way, maybe she can find you a kilt.