Originally Posted by
Richrail
five yard wool kilts
To my surprise, when I started collecting vintage Highland Dress catalogues I found that the lower-yardage option was around in the 1930s.
I'll have to dig out the catalogues and find it to confirm, but as I recall one of the big kiltmakers offered men's kilts in either 6 or 8 yards.
To me the ideal kilt, for look and comfort and wear, is a kilt of heavyweight wool but made with 6 or so yards of tartan.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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