Well - in my experience, girls wear kilts which are just like a man's in design, they close on the right but tend to be a bit longer to allow for growth, they would have been thought too short if anything more than slightly less than knee length.

Women would wear a kilt of 27 inches length, again made in the same way as a man's, but quite possibly with fewer pleats, or finer fabric to make it lighter. The 27 inches being one half of the 54inch standard width for all wool cloth.

Quite a few of the early 60's mini skirts made with a small set size lightweight Royal Stuart tartan and being worn by young women in South Yorkshire were made as a man's kilt would have been, but before long cheaper and less well made ones came in from abroad and they were just skirts with pleats in the back and no double apron.

To my mind, the kilt is a standard design, and is worn the same way by all. Messing around with the direction of the pleats and the side to fasten is not what was done 50 years ago and more.

You might check with your mother about what she would like - for both the style and the length so that you make something that would get worn rather than put away for special occasions.

I wear skirts which vary in length from top of the knee to ankle, but the 27 inch ones seem to get the most use.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: