The Braveheart Way

The Braveheart Concept is about MEN being brave enough to include skirted garments in their wardrobe, whether traditional kilts, utility kilts, sarongs, lava-lavas, skirts made for men, or even, if looking manly enough, skirts for women and who dare wear them out in public.

It was created at the beginning of this century by an American lawyer and kilt enthusiast, known as WDP. He realized that 'defeating trouser tyranny', as he described it, would need more than just men in traditional kilts.

WDP was convinced that a manly appearance was alpha and omega, should skirted garments ever become accepted by men the way trousers had been for women just forty years earlier. He also advocated that men wanting everything from the female wardrobe - the Freestylers, as he called them - should be contra-productive. This is an opinion, I share. Men in dresses, long floral skirts, sheer tights, and high heels don't appeal to many men - and even less to their wives.

WDP would also run a very nice forum, Kiltmen.com. Unfortunately, he had not much knowledge about web design, and his forum, being therefore not kept up with developments, would soon look outdated, compared not only to other forums, but also to websites in general, this resulting in declining activity. Around 2010 he closed it, and I don't know what happened to WDP afterwards. Back then he could have been in his sixties, I guess, or early seventies. Hopefully, he is enjoying retirement somewhere in a kilt, or perhaps a 'manly' skirt. Should he read this, I wish he would drop me a few lines, telling how he is doing. By all means, I think his Braveheart concept deserves a revival. It is as relevant as ever, especially at a time when freestylers increasingly, as it seems, are replacing skirts by dresses and other definitely female stuff, thereby making it more difficult to achieve acceptance in an otherwise more liberal and understanding society.