What to wear when your husband wears a kilt?

[Friday]

Omg! I love your wife's matching flats. Very cute indeed.
Nice job on the skirt!

She walked in to a shoe store and saw those and had to get them. They are close enough to the Cunningham tartan that everyone want to know how she got matching shoes. I just say that she is good and never mention the difference.

[Mike_Oettle]

Hadn’t noticed that detail!
Friday, take a bow. It’s not every day that a husband can claim to have made his wife’s outfit!
Regards,
Mike

[Lime]

Pretty much what she would wear if I wasn't wearing the kilt. We don't do the whole "matching" thing... in fact she is dead against it even to the extent that I am not allowed to wear my barbour when she is wearing hers; notwithstanding that they are two completely different colours and styles!

[Friday]

Pretty much what she would wear if I wasn't wearing the kilt. We don't do the whole "matching" thing... in fact she is dead against it even to the extent that I am not allowed to wear my barbour when she is wearing hers; notwithstanding that they are two completely different colours and styles!

Such a pretty lady with such a winning smile can wear anything and I don't think anyone would see anything but her face and smiling eyes.

[Tobus]

At the McLain Celtic Festival in Carlisle PA my bride of 35 years wore,



I had on a black vest, white shirt and Cunningham tartan kilt. This is the first time in 35 years we did the matchy outfit thing.

I made the skirt and finished it the night before the festival.

I was wondering how long it was going to take before someone mentioned a skirt like this. Usually a "hostess skirt" is what people recommend for the ladies if they want to wear the tartan. I haven't ever found a good definition of what a hostess skirt is, but from looking at various examples, it seems to be similar to a kilt, but with the aprons reversed, and much longer (about mid-calf to lower calf in length). The skirt you made for your wife seems close enough to count, IMHO.

I've been trying to talk my wife into a hostess skirt, but she seems intimidated by wearing such a heavy material as wool tartan. Even the 11-oz PV weight seems too heavy for her liking. I considered buying tartan silk, but Good Lord that's expensive! She wears dresses and skirts most of the time, but they're all lighter cotton or similar weight materials. Maybe one of these days I'll convince her to get into a wool tartan hostess skirt so we can be all matchy-matchy, but it may take a while.

In the meantime, as I mentioned earlier, she just wears normal stuff. Since we're showing pics, here are some examples of what she wears when I'm kilted:




She barely shows up in this photo, but that's her on the very left in one of her usual dresses (but, unlike me, smart enough to wear a wide-brim hat on a hot sunny day!):

[Friday]

I was wondering how long it was going to take before someone mentioned a skirt like this. Usually a "hostess skirt" is what people recommend for the ladies if they want to wear the tartan. I haven't ever found a good definition of what a hostess skirt is, but from looking at various examples, it seems to be similar to a kilt, but with the aprons reversed, and much longer (about mid-calf to lower calf in length). The skirt you made for your wife seems close enough to count, IMHO.

I've been trying to talk my wife into a hostess skirt, but she seems intimidated by wearing such a heavy material as wool tartan. Even the 11-oz PV weight seems too heavy for her liking.

This skirt is based on kilt design over/under apron and pleated in the back, closing on the right. If I were to make it again. I might make it just as pleated skirt, no aprons, just a closure on the side, zipper or button. This would cut the weight in about one third. It could also be a simple skirt with out pleating. IMHO a hostess skirt is mid-calf to ankle length skirt made in a simple design.

Now my biggest issue is I know my sewing machine has a zipper foot, I am just waiting for the sewing machine to walk over and put in the zipper.