--- type: Article title: The Kilt is a women's skirt cry the EU Bureaucrats description: EU Bureaucrats classified the kilt as a women's skirt and then had to back down as a ferocious Scottish nation turned on them. resource: https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-11-11-the-kilt-is-a-womens-skirt-cry-the-eu-bureaucrats/ tags: [Shorticles, News] timestamp: 2003-11-11 --- EU Bureaucrats classified the kilt as a women's skirt and then had to back down as a ferocious Scottish nation turned on them. And then they had to back down as a ferocious Scottish nation turned on them! "The statistical agency Eurostat, which is collating information from 15 states to examine business trends, sent questionnaires to garment producers that did not allow kiltmakers to register the national dress as menswear. Manufacturers were told to fill in how many kilts they had sold in the space provided for women's skirts, sparking condemnation from kiltmakers and politicians alike." _from the[Independent](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125022438/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=462610 "Scots revolt after Europe says that the kilt is for women")_. Other sources: [BBCi](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125022438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3257431.stm "EU in kilt climb-down") [Daily Telegraph](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125022438/http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/11/nkilt11.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/11/11/ixnewstop.html "EU is man enough to admit an error") [The Guardian](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125022438/http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,7369,1082420,00.html "EU definition of the kilt skirts disaster ") [The Herald](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125022438/http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/4329.html "EU climbs down on kilt classed as womenswear") [Daily Record](https://web.archive.org/web/20091125022438/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/content_objectid=13611108_method=full_siteid=89488_headline=-STICK%2DIT%2DUP%2DYOUR%2DKILT%2D%2D%2DPEDRO-name_page.html "STICK IT UP YOUR KILT , PEDRO") Its not been a good week for the Scots having been knocked out in the world cup by a mediocre Australian side with some dubious refereeing decisions thrown in. [Read full article](https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-11-11-the-kilt-is-a-womens-skirt-cry-the-eu-bureaucrats/)