Argyll Kilt?

[ali8780]

That depends: was it cut to fit a man or a woman?

bias cut is generally employed to fit a woman's curves

[thescot]

bias cut is generally employed to fit a woman's curves

Good point.

Vava Voom!

And there's no way a guy could make it look the way a lady's curves would make it look. (Cest bon! vive la difference!)

Maybe we could prevail upon Ali to model some examples of ladies' skirts with the tartan on the bias. She could even wear those snazzy boots.

I think I'll go fix that drink now.

[Carolina Kiltman]

bias cut is generally employed to fit a woman's curves

"Nothing so swerves from a straight line as a woman's curves, and having swerved, no might or main can ever make them straight again" ___Ogden Nash

Now having got that off my chest, as a theatre costumer (retired) I can assure any soul brave and wasteful enough of money and material (definitely not Scottish) that it would not hang properly. Neck-ties are cut on the bias so they will stretch and stay tied. That is why there was a discussion a while back on the tying of the ribbons in a Balmoral, and the need to stitch it to hold it in place after it is tied was necessary.

Fabric on the bias will stretch. One can make hose of fabric cut on the bias (it was often done that way as faster than knitting before the advent of the powered knitting machines.)

As to weaving (having done some of that also) a pattern on the bias, , while it would be possible to do a diagonal pattern, it would not look quite the same.

However, it is an interesting thought, sort of like the "X Marks" pattern in the pleating of a kilt.