A Lacey, Wash. man is getting all sorts of media attention this week for his efforts to make kilts an acceptable uniform for mail carriers. Currently, male mail carriers can wear shorts and pants, and women can wear skirts. Changing the rules requires some work, which 48-year-old Dean Peterson has gladly taken on. He flew to a national convention in Boston, Mass. to urge the National Association for Letter Carriers to accept the kilt, which he calls a Male Unbifurcated Garment, or MUG. The 250-pound man says they're more comfortable. There's less chafing and cramping on the job. Instead, he says, it's like "a breeze blowing through the house." Yes, that may be a little too much information, but I like the garment on men. They're fun, funky and masculine. It had to be daunting to lobby for kilts at a national convention, where Peterson probably had to put up with some snickering. Although his initiative failed this time around, I hope his campaign - now fueled by the media - is just getting started. (photo of a Utilikilt, from the Seattle company's Web site)
Mail carriers in kilts ... why not?
A Lacey, Wash. man is getting all sorts of media attention this week for his efforts to make kilts an acceptable uniform for mail carriers. Currently, male mail carriers can wear shorts and pants, and women can wear skirts. Changing the rules requires some work, which 48-year-old Dean Peterson has gladly taken on. He flew to a national convention in Boston, Mass. to urge the National Association for Letter Carriers to accept the kilt, which he calls a Male Unbifurcated Garment, or MUG. The 250-pound man says they're more comfortable. There's less chafing and cramping on the job. Instead, he says, it's like "a breeze blowing through the house." Yes, that may be a little too much information, but I like the garment on men. They're fun, funky and masculine. It had to be daunting to lobby for kilts at a national convention, where Peterson probably had to put up with some snickering. Although his initiative failed this time around, I hope his campaign - now fueled by the media - is just getting started. (photo of a Utilikilt, from the Seattle company's Web site)
I don't have a problem with this at all. Women are allowed to wear skirts... Plus the kilt is normal for Scottish men anyway. Why not let him!?
We're not really going to discuss this are we?
Anyone has a right to wear whatever they chose, so long as it complies with anti-obscenity laws.
But utili-kilts are surely one of the most hideous and abhorrent fashions I've ever seen.
Right up there with Crocs shoes.
*shudder*