I wear this. It sounds like what Karla describes, but for the color. If you use it for hiking then the camouflage fits. It is too hot for around here in the summer heat, but I could certainly see me wearing it in Scotland. You live in kilt country, it is perfectly acceptable, if not proudly ethnocentric. Mine has a broad tough band in front housing a thick Velcro strip.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-DIGITAL-CAMO-Camouflage-MENS-WOMENS-Utility-Hiking-KILT-Size-Small-to-XL-/390842145953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=660243076720&hash=item5b0001dca1There are many more kilts on eBay. Try “camouflage kilt.”
The drawback is that it catches the wind because of the amount of material.
I might suggest rethinking the exposure problem. Ladies wear skirts that blow up in strong winds. They are used to hassling with that in public, but out on the trail the etiquette is much different. In both places nobody gets arrested for an accidental Marilyn moment. The rethink might be to ask oneself, do I really mind. I mind if others get uncomfortable, it is considerate and I’m conditioned to be that, but is that just? There is an imposition placed upon us to wear coverings that needs to be broken. If someone is upset or uncomfortable, that is their problem, their responsibility to deal with, not mine. They are not considerate of me, and I have a right to my natural state. If they happen to see my covering flip up, so what? I wore the kilt in a high wind situation in a Native American ruins recently. I was having trouble when climbing necessary ladders there. A couple were giggling and so was DF, but what could I do? Just stay there and wait for the wind to blow through? I felt all of the ingrained embarrassment, but should I? I resolved that becoming unconditioned would make sense.
If I’m climbing stairs/hills/rocks with others below me, they can watch me instead of their footing and fall on their face for all I care, because it is not my responsibility. It is not my actions that caused them to watch. They need to change out of stupid. Just think what it would be like in Bavaria instead of Scotland and how one might feel about being seen nude by passersby.
The guys wearing kilts are famous for being bare under them. I would expect that to be expected AND for the ladies. I seldom wear the kilt in social situations, just pumping gas, fast food, get out of the car and walk into a friend’s house before disrobing again. There may be some reasoning to need or feel need to sit properly, but accidents happen and nobody gets arrested unless they are naked AND there is complaint.
There are cuts where the skirt is tight until it reaches the thighs and then the pleats begin. This keeps the whole of the unit from flaring up past the waist, gives little restriction of movement and is easy to sit ladylike in. I saw these styles on the women in old jungle movies. I’d bet that one could be found in a vintage or used clothing store, great for something cheap to throw on out on the trail every so often.
Karla, it sounds like you are planning to wear a top with the skirt and I assume with a backpack. I have noticed in your pictures that you wear your backpack chest strap. DF seldom does and me too. She wears a light button up shirt and just pulls it together when people pass. If they put two and two together, sure they know that she is hiking topfree, but also they get the message that it isn’t for their benefit and she is legal. Actually, most often, if anything, she wears just a long men’s dress shirt and nothing else, pulling it together. It is short, but she is covered, legal and with the same message except that not just topfree, but nude hiking is a good thing.
One has to ask oneself, “Do I want to keep a secret, or do I want to be a free range naturist, or even ambassador. “ Another decision, “Will I hide my free activities, OR accept that my naked body will be seen sometimes, my nude body is a good thing and most people are okay with that.”
When going up a hill, you can either move away faster, or stand to the side and let them play through so they are not looking up.
It isn’t that enjoyment of running around naked is illegal, it is more that one covers up when they are in the presence of other hikers that might be (but most likely won’t) be offended. Most contact with others is a very short time, seconds or a couple of minutes.
Anyway, on the trail, I plan to be away from others, but I carry a sarong to cover and uncover quickly, or use it to cushion my shoulders from a strap, or protect them from the sun, or to sit on, to lay on, to cover my head, to become a makeshift canopy to shade when resting. It is light and versatile. A woman can arrange it to cover her breast, etc. during encounters, and then leave it open, pushed behind her away from legs, the rest of the time. I have a video showing 65 different arrangements for a sarong. Try youtube.
Jbee
