X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.
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3rd March 06, 08:21 AM
#11
Martin,
It was back in 96-and of late they seem to have vanished-possibly they were a bit too soon for the present upsurge in kilt wearing?
In any event the address was:-
Elizabeth Taylor &Co
5 Rother Close,
Storrington,
West Sussex.
RN20 3NX
Great Britain.
The proper name of the garment being The Lightweight Gentleman's Kilt.
Anyway that means I've had them for eight years of regular summer wear-and they are still fine.
By the way I did have pockets added.
The regular light weight kilt I mentioned does have deep pleats-that was from Hector Russell.
I think a problem of today is that with the upsurge in kilt wearing, some firms have leapt on the idea-made cheap options: so have lost the essentials of the traditional kilt. My own view being that it is not so much the number of pleats, rather their depth which enables a kilt to swing. They also allow the buyers to purchase overlong sloppy looking kilts that part or entirely cover the knee. For they lose sight of the fact that the kilt is a very masculine jaunty garment-and needs to be worn as such.
James
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