Yvelines. For these men in Rambouillet: it's never without my kilt

The Kilt Society of France intends to promote the port of kilt. A Celtic tradition that the association wants to encourage so that the carriers of Kilt no longer feel alone.

a cotton tartan, a belt and the case of a Cutting in a sock, it is thus dressed that Didier Combres, a resident of Rambouillet, circulates to go take his train every morning and go to work. “We are used to others when we wear the kilt. But it is not a disguise, it is a Celtic tradition, "explains Didier who fell into the bath after a trip to Scotland. "I had that in me," said the one who is a member of the eminent Kilt Society of France. A French association, unique of its kind, which has nothing to envy to their cousins ​​of Scotland, nor compatriots of Brittany.

The association of Kilt carriers has taken up residence in Rambouillet, History of Keep an anchor of Ile -de -France to this atypical institution and 15 years old.

to wear it but with elegance

"We are around thirty members, but they are thousands to wear it In France, sometimes for sporting or festive events, or by family tradition. The association is there to tell them that they are not all alone, "adds Christian who carries it to remain faithful to the Breton tradition. "In the tartan tiles (woolen fabric) and on the belts, there are my family weapons," explains this regular interceltic festivals.

"below, there is the future of Scotland »

Do nothing under the kilt, is it always true?

So? Do you wear it with nothing? This is the most common question that we ask the members of the Kilt Society of France. Depending on the interlocutor or the interlocutor, each to leave. For Christian, the answer is "Scottish." Below, well, there is the future of Scotland !!! He retorts. "A young woman in a short skirt one day came to ask me the question in the ear. I replied: And you have underwear?, I asked him. But this question does not arise! She replied. It does not also arise for me, added Antoine. “The kilt is a military tradition. The queen's guards wore him without anything below but not the cadets, by decency, ”explains Christian. “Three-quarters carry a underpants below for convenience. Some a petticoat in itself by comfort, "says Antoine. Entry in a meeting of Kilt carrier therefore does not impose on ice.

"These are our Celtic roots! The military alliance of France with Scotland is the oldest in Europe, ”adds Didier who points to his motto engraved at his belt: rather death, never defiled on the tartan of which his Hunting kilt is made. Brittany has its patterns and colors which appear on the Tartans which make the Kilts, the association wants to democratize this tradition to all of France by transmitting the values ​​associated with the ports of the Kilt.

"It is in The head, a certain elegance, a way of carrying, ”says Christian, a consultant who dared to appear in kilt for the presentation of a power point. Didier carries it by exercising his job as a decorator. For another member who works in defense, it's more complicated.

"Try it, you will not be able to do without it"

but Kilt Society of France encourages Expand the port of kilt beyond the many Celtic rallies on the program of the year, from the Treport to the Luxembourg gardens via the Thiron-Gardais festival in the Perche. This is the ambition of the new president, Antoine Roque, boss of a Parisian cleaning company. Fan of rugby, he wears the tartan of friends from the Stade Français. "There is also the Tartan of the Air Force and Space," said the man who carries the kilt in tribute to his rear great Scottish grandmother! "And then try it, you will see, we can't do without it, it's hyper-conformable and it keeps hot as in the Highlands," adds this keen on Scottish stories.

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