Modern take on the kilt?

[Nomad]

For someone still angry about the change in fashion from box to knife pleats, this is an abomination!

That is the best one liner I have heard in a long time

[Tobus]

Those boots do need attention Terry but look like honest scuffs on the toes.

There's nothing honest about those worn toes on his boots. That's about as fake a scuff job as I've ever seen.

[Terry Searl]

There's nothing honest about those worn toes on his boots. That's about as fake a scuff job as I've ever seen.

When I was a mechanic in the bush I would wear the tops of the toes off on my steel toed boots by crawling on my hands and knees on a rough cement floor...... but it would take a few years......i doubt that fella' ever worked a day that way......but I could be wrong.........always kept mt best shoes/boots for "good" .......just sayin

[Tarheel]

In my land surveying years, I would scuff the toes and heels kicking around the heavy brush while looking for property corners. I wear different footwear now that I work in home restoration of Antebellum (pre 1900) and 1930's structures). The wear on those shoes are different patterns.

I forget that the fashion industry will mimic wear patterns of clothes. I earn all my apparel "boo-boo's" honestly.

[MNlad]

It's a fashion statement I've never understood. To think of all the jeans I've thrown out over the years when they were worn and abused enough to fetch $300 on the shelf.

[Steve Ashton]

I have actually visited with Howie in his store and seen his kilts. Howie is very much into the fashion aspect of the business. I believe he was the first person to begin making traditional kilts from non-traditional fabrics.

He now makes kilts designed to be worn lower or at the trouser waist.

But his kilts are still made just like a traditional kilt and if not worn with the big pockets or the 3 piece suit look they are very nice products.

So Howie's kilts, and mine, are the true contemporary style kilts. Made like a traditional kilt but incorporating differences depending on what the customer wants.

[Michael A]

I have actually visited with Howie in his store and seen his kilts. Howie is very much into the fashion aspect of the business. I believe he was the first person to begin making traditional kilts from non-traditional fabrics.

He now makes kilts designed to be worn lower or at the trouser waist.

But his kilts are still made just like a traditional kilt and if not worn with the big pockets or the 3 piece suit look they are very nice products.

So Howie's kilts, and mine, are the true contemporary style kilts. Made like a traditional kilt but incorporating differences depending on what the customer wants.

I like both Howie's and Steve's designs. Its people like them who will move kilts into the modern era as legitimate and widespread alternatives to trousers, while still giving a significant nod to tradition. If kilts are to be a garment, rather than a costume, then this is the way to go. No one would expect all trousers or jackets to have identical designs (and remain so for over a century), so nor should they have that same expectation of kilts.

I also know one of the kilt makers who makes his hand-stitched line. Now that I have started to make my own kilts (as a hobby), I have started to incorporate some elements of these modern innovations, starting with the 1.25 inch rise.

[DotDLL]

Having a suit from 21st Century Kilts is, admittedly, one of the things on my want list. I wasn't a fan of the pocket style, at first, but it's grown on me, in terms of looks, plus possible utility (more pocket space than a single, day-wear sporran), and maybe comfort.

I do wonder if the pockets' insides are strengthened in any way, though. I could see a set of keys damaging the inside, after a lot of wear.

[Katia]

I'm all for scruffy boots, but not when everything else is smart and obviously brand new.

Precisely. Either you're formal, or you're not. It's up there with dinner jackets worn with jeans, or sneakers worn with suits. Make up your mind. But formal-looking attire and fabrics, completed with casual-looking pockets and footwear... makes me think either they're mixed up, or the airline lost their proper shoes and the boots were all they had. I like the concept of cargo pockets at least as much as the next person, but I wouldn't put them on my formal trousers.

It's a fashion statement I've never understood. To think of all the jeans I've thrown out over the years when they were worn and abused enough to fetch $300 on the shelf.

This is always what I say, as well! I'm good enough at wearing my own holes into jeans. I don't need help. Long before my jeans get to looking like some of these "pre-distressed" pairs, it's time for the rag pile! And I certainly don't want the manufacturer helping me wear them out in spots by "pre-distressing," either. I've owned a couple pairs with strategic application of this method, and guess where the jeans tend to wear through, long before the rest of them looks even worn?

[DyerStraits]

I'm also a fan of 21st Century's product and philosophy and would love to own one of their three-piece kilted suits in a Donegal or herringbone tweed, although I personally don't care for the slouched hose look or the self-fabric pockets...