Whit is a utility kilt?

[McG]

A Scottish Sunday newspaper , "USA have overhauled Scotlands national dress". Steve Villegas fae Seattle boasts "The utility kilti s everything the Scottish kilt is'nt.He also predicts like we hae seen in USA , the scots will take tae them, too. (A dinnae think sae!!)
Scottish Tartans Authority say" As fer him suggesting that the utility kilt is everything the Scottish kilt is not, thats laughable, these kilts hae nae history nor heritage and i've naw seen them take aff in Scotland" oh and they look like a lassies skirt!

[Canuck]

snip
Scottish Tartans Authority say" As fer him suggesting that the utility kilt is everything the Scottish kilt is not, thats laughable, these kilts hae nae history nor heritage and i've naw seen them take aff in Scotland" oh and they look like a lassies skirt!

Well sir, history has to start somewhere, be it hundreds of years ago or mere minutes ago. Given the number of sales he's had in the past seven years it is nothing to sneeze at. As to the appearance, it is in the eye of the beholder. It would be interesting to note, given that there are a number of Utility Kilt owners on this board, how many of them actually also purchased a traditional tartan kilt as a result.
Cheers
Robert ( who doesn't own a UK, but does wear kilts with pockets as well as Tartan)

[CameronTaylor]

It would be interesting to note, given that there are a number of Utility Kilt owners on this board, how many of them actually also purchased a traditional tartan kilt as a result.

Aye Robert, I'd be one of them. My first kilt was an SK, my second a UK.
I still own the UK but the SK and 2 other tartan kilts have come and gone since, sold to be replaced by more tartan and non-tartan kilts.


CT - including one more up my sleeve ...

[Mr. MacDougall]

I don't own a utilikilt, and probably won't ever... and I think there are a lot more like me. On the other hand, I do own traditionally-styled kilts in non-traditional materials. (Of course, once Hamner buys his daughter a kilted skirt in a matching tartan to his kilt, then that'll have been passed between generations, and thus, traditional, right? )

I think the kilt is still evolving. And the only way to know what the future will hold for the kilt is to travel there... which I'm currently doing, at a rate of one second per second. I'll let you know how it looks when I get there.

[okiwen]

I wear a UK to work construction. Another more traditional kilt would be ruined in no time and would cost a lot more.

I like the Utilikilt. I don't consider it a replacement for the traditional ones just another option.

For what it's worth..

Kevin

[Union Richard]

I wear a UK to work construction. Another more traditional kilt would be ruined in no time and would cost a lot more.

I like the Utilikilt. I don't consider it a replacement for the traditional ones just another option.

For what it's worth..

Kevin

Hi All
I think we have gone of the subject a little here, i hope my message did not appear to be having a go at Utilikilt and the type of Kilts they do, as we here UnionKilts are also more of the modern type than traditional Tartan and there is a very big market for the type of products we do, Utilikilts for sure have and still are doing a fantastic job one of which i am pretty envious of, may there great work continue for many years to come.
There is no doubt the Modern style of Kilt is becoming more and more popular with traditional and non traditional wearers a few here can confirm this.
All i wanted to say previously was it is not just Scotland that have Family tartans and have a history of wearing Kilts it is a Celt thing.

Best regards

Richard

[McG]

A think am richt is saying this, if am naw then nae offence.
Welshmen dinnae hae a national dress, nor hae they worn a kilt. As celts, they wore Tunics which wis maire a lang shirt belted in the middle.
Reality is, the kilt developed in Scotland and tartans wis fer Scottish families and wis predominently a Scottish thing.
The first tartan a believe in Wales wis in 1967 by D M Richards using the colour o' the Welsh flag, again a dinnae think they ever wore kilts nor did the Celts.

[Chef]

A Utilikilt is to a kilt as jeans are to trews. That is to say they have little in common other than basic shape. It is a modern garment meant for more casual wear which is not linked to a specific tradition or any particular culture. Quite useful for many things but very different from a kilt.