Novelty Item

**Canuck** · 17th July 06, 01:51 PM

At the Cambridge Highland games, a few diehards were shocked....some of us just laughed...others shook their heads.
I was one who laughed....then shook my head.... your reactions maybe otherwise. A Scotsman set up a booth near me and was selling "Instakilt" (He has a website under construction)....It's a beach towel made to look like a kilt complete with belt and horsehair sporran....So now you can look kilted at the beach or coming from your shower. designed to get wet.
He was selling....I doubt the folks will be xmarkers but hey ya gotta start somewhere.....
I thought this best be posted off topic as it isn't a kilt but rather a towel sorry can't name the tartan.
Probably best worn by the privacy of your backyard pool.

**Kilted KT** · 17th July 06, 01:56 PM

wow...that is almost scary..

then again, if it keeps a kiltmaker in business, and spreads the word about kilts to the masses, then I guess it can't be a bad thing. I would laugh a bit, though, right before I bought one to scare the bejesus out of my wife with!

**cavscout** · 17th July 06, 02:06 PM

Is the belt and sporran Printed onto the towel or are they seperate accessories?

It is a novelty. Let's see how long it takes for someone to actually try and pass this off as a kilt. We have Clan MacTable, how 'bout Clan MacTowel

I wonder if he carry's the huge t-shirts that have hot body's airbrushed onto them as well?

**Canuck** · 17th July 06, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by cavscout

Is the belt and sporran Printed onto the towel or are they seperate accessories?

Printed so it can be off kilter if you don't wrap it properly... oh I forgot even a kilt pin (printed)

**Wompet** · 17th July 06, 02:59 PM

Just found his website in progress.
The tartan looks familiar, but I'm drawing a blank. Any ideas?

**Colin** · 17th July 06, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by cavscout

It is a novelty. Let's see how long it takes for someone to actually try and pass this off as a kilt. We have Clan MacTable, how 'bout Clan MacTowel

I give it a year, and someone will be creating a post that the instakilt is just as good as a traditional Scottish kilt but you can buy 25-30 for the cost of a Scottish Kilt. Sad really.

I may have to get one of these for walking to and from the pool