![]() “There’s just something about a guy in a kilt that screams confidence and he knows who he is and he’s not afraid of anything and there’s so many women who have come in and totally swoon when they see their guy in a kilt.Outlander fans rejoiced when season six finally went into production in early February, but since it’s unlikely we’ll see new episodes of the time-hopping series before the second half of 2021, Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham is tasked with quenching our extended Droughtlander thirst. “Because, quite frankly, they’re still a little worried about it,” he says.īut tartan expert Harbeson offered one incentive.Ī lot of women, myself included, think men in kilts are pretty sexy,” Harbeson says. Southern California, blazing hot, nice reflective concrete - you don’t want to get sunburned in places you don’t want to get sunburned in.”Ĭentonze admits he still has work to do when it comes to convincing men to ditch their pants. If you think about it, Scotland, generally cooler weather, nice green pastures and what not. “And the truth of the matter is you wear what you want. “We get this question a lot actually,” Centonze says. But what are you supposed to wear underneath a kilt? Harbeson can also help you pick out a tartan that can be traced back to your Scottish roots. And then we’ve got the red, yellow and blue stripes which are symbolic of the arts, science and industry that are very important to California’s culture.” The green is for our state parks and a lot of the iconic forests. “It’s got blue, which is representative of the Pacific Ocean and all the lakes and the rivers we have. ![]() They even have the official tartan for the State of California. Harbeson says Off Kilter carries the common Wallace Clan tartan and the Blackwatch tartan, which the Scottish army has been using for almost 200 years. Luckily, Off Kilter Kilts has Stefanie Harbeson, resident tartan maven. ![]() “That’s their claim to fame,” Centonze says.īut, if you do want to go with a traditional kilt, you’ll have to pick out a tartan - that’s the criss-crossed pattern seen on Scottish kilts. “We can put you in a kilt for construction work, we can put you in a kilt for office work, we can put you in a kilt for the golf course or basically anything in between,” says Centonze.Īnd that means Centonze is also a purveyor of what’s known as a utility kilt, a sort of mix of pleated skirt and cargo pant, some of which can carry almost a 12-pack of beer. The modern kilts he carries in the shop are not costumes. “We’re really the only place you can get them unless you’re at the faire or seeing the band in a show.”īut as a daily kilt wearer, Centonze wasn’t content with shopping for his bottom half at local Renaissance Faires or Highland Games. ![]() “We carry a selection of Irish, Celtic and Faire music,” Centonze says. He even sells the music you should listen to while wearing a kilt. Centonze sells the traditional pouch called the sporran that’s worn like an ancient fanny pack, and he has kilts for toddlers, too. “Skirts, kilts, however you want to look at them, are generally easier to make and considerably more comfortable to wear, so we’re just trying to bring it back.” “It was only really horseback riding and the industrial age that got us into long pants,” says Centonze. There are a surprisingly large number of guys out there wearing kilts, according to Centonze. “We like to refer to it as Kilture,” Centonze says. And now, on East Colorado Blvd, there’s Off Kilter Kilts, SoCal’s first multi-brand retail kilt store. After all, Kanye wore one, and H&M sold them for a while. That pleated skirt of old may seem like a garment specific to bagpipe players and the Scottish.īut thousands of miles from Scotland there’s a community of daily kilt wearers - or kilters as they’re known - right here in California.
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