Fantasy costume with great kilt question

[CelticNerd]

So, I've been thinking up of different ideas for outfits to wear with a great kilt (along with my regular kilt.) for conventions, festivals and photoshoots, And one of them is a cosplay of my character from Skyrim (fifth installment of a series of fantasy role-playing video games). He's an Argonian (race of anthropomorphic bipedal lizard people.), Which means i'd be having a latex suit (or at least leggings) with a tail that'd be from around 15'' to 20'' in diameter which would either be facing down diagonally or straight down. The question i'm asking you guys is whatever I should make a great kilt out of really cheap tartan fabric and have a hole cutout or a silt in the back for the tail or if i could just wear a proper great kilt over the tail. And before anyone who's also happened to have played the game tells me, Yes i know that Great Kilts are unfortunately not part of Skyrim(though you could add them as a mod) I'm just taking a few creative liberties with my character.

[Liam]

Since it is a fantasy costume I would think normal conventions wouldn’t apply and you can do what ever you like.

[CelticNerd]

Since it is a fantasy costume I would think normal conventions wouldn’t apply and you can do what ever you like.

I’m pretty much thinking about what would make more sense in a mechanical or practical standpoint. But still thank you.

[WalesLax]

So, I've been thinking up of different ideas for outfits to wear with a great kilt (along with my regular kilt.) for conventions, festivals and photoshoots, And one of them is a cosplay of my character from Skyrim (fifth installment of a series of fantasy role-playing video games). He's an Argonian (race of anthropomorphic bipedal lizard people.), Which means i'd be having a latex suit (or at least leggings) with a tail that'd be from around 15'' to 20'' in diameter which would either be facing down diagonally or straight down. The question i'm asking you guys is whatever I should make a great kilt out of really cheap tartan fabric and have a hole cutout or a silt in the back for the tail or if i could just wear a proper great kilt over the tail. And before anyone who's also happened to have played the game tells me, Yes i know that Great Kilts are unfortunately not part of Skyrim(though you could add them as a mod) I'm just taking a few creative liberties with my character.

I think Liam is correct and, since this is fantasy, you have an ability to blaze your own path.

That said, thinking as if I were a lizard person, I would probably avoid wearing clothing that wraps around my tail as it seems like it could be uncomfortable. As such, I think I'd go with the kilt flowing over/around my tail. That will hurt the "swish" factor of modern kilts, but seems like it would not on a great kilt.

Now you've got me considering all the things that would be different if I were a lizard person - cars, seats in general, beds, etc.....

[CelticNerd]

I think Liam is correct and, since this is fantasy, you have an ability to blaze your own path.

That said, thinking as if I were a lizard person, I would probably avoid wearing clothing that wraps around my tail as it seems like it could be uncomfortable. As such, I think I'd go with the kilt flowing over/around my tail. That will hurt the "swish" factor of modern kilts, but seems like it would not on a great kilt.

Now you've got me considering all the things that would be different if I were a lizard person - cars, seats in general, beds, etc.....

Thank you, I’ll definitely keep that in mind.

[Pleater]

As it happens - I can recommend a lightweight longer length Kingussie style kilt where sturdy tails are involved, a double folded (or even treble folded) centre back boxpleat can be made with a strap to hold it centrally over the tail. If the tail curls up it might be best to spilt the fabric at a suitable point so as to allow the kilt to fall below it more easily, but you'd need to try it out for just how long a split and the positioning of it.

Another option for a heavier weight fabric is to make the lower part of the kilt with a centre back seam as the middle of an inverted pleat, - a reverse Kingussie style is my recommendation as it tends to close around the body, and simply leave the seam open to allow the tail to protrude. This kilt then lies normally around the body. A strip of fabric can be inserted below the tail, the width of the tail, to close the gap.

If the edges are finished then the extra strip/strap can be removed and the splits can be closed up with whip stitch, for 'normal' use, and then opened up again and the extra bits replaced quite easily.

[WillowEstate]

Hmm, nobody else has said it, so I will. Have you considered the alternative - "Don't" - out of respect for the Scottish National Dress?

[CelticNerd]

Hmm, nobody else has said it, so I will. Have you considered the alternative - "Don't" - out of respect for the Scottish National Dress?

Don't what? Use it for my costume? I already said that i'd use a much cheaper fabric if i had to cut it or i'd drape a proper great kilt over the tail. Plus it's a costume of a fantasy character, It's not like i'd be drawing obscene imagery all over it.

[CelticNerd]

As it happens - I can recommend a lightweight longer length Kingussie style kilt where sturdy tails are involved, a double folded (or even treble folded) centre back boxpleat can be made with a strap to hold it centrally over the tail. If the tail curls up it might be best to spilt the fabric at a suitable point so as to allow the kilt to fall below it more easily, but you'd need to try it out for just how long a split and the positioning of it.

Another option for a heavier weight fabric is to make the lower part of the kilt with a centre back seam as the middle of an inverted pleat, - a reverse Kingussie style is my recommendation as it tends to close around the body, and simply leave the seam open to allow the tail to protrude. This kilt then lies normally around the body. A strip of fabric can be inserted below the tail, the width of the tail, to close the gap.

If the edges are finished then the extra strip/strap can be removed and the splits can be closed up with whip stitch, for 'normal' use, and then opened up again and the extra bits replaced quite easily.

Thank you, I'll definitely be keeping that in mind.

[inebrius]

Now you've got me considering all the things that would be different if I were a lizard person - cars, seats in general, beds, etc.....

I would wager that is the first time, in all of human history, where that phrase has been spoken.