Difference between a "dancing" kilt and any other, and liners?

**lethearen** · 17th September 09, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by St. Amish

What does a dancer's kilt cost to make? My fiance has an aversion to "billie" kilts because of the length, and has been snooping around the dancer's area at Games to see if she can find one her size in a tartan that she will wear. Now I'm wondering if I can afford to have one made for her.

If I understand correctly, Barb was pretty much saying that a dancer's kilt is just a kilt. Tends to be lighter weight fabric, but otherwise just a kilt.

Scotweb (link in upper right of the forum) has women's mini-kilts for about 100$. You can specify how long to make it, so she could have it come to her knees if she wanted. As long as she doesn't mind its not being an 8-yarder something like that would could work, perhaps?

**St. Amish** · 17th September 09, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by lethearen

If I understand correctly, Barb was pretty much saying that a dancer's kilt is just a kilt. Tends to be lighter weight fabric, but otherwise just a kilt.

Right, I get that. I just have never purchased light weight material, so I assumed there would be some cost differential.

**St. Amish** · 17th September 09, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by lethearen

If I understand correctly, Barb was pretty much saying that a dancer's kilt is just a kilt. Tends to be lighter weight fabric, but otherwise just a kilt.

And now that I think about it more, it would take quite a bit less material to make an "8 yd" on her petite frame than the 9 yards of material it took for mine.

**McClef** · 18th September 09, 03:02 AM

Seeing my picture being cited in evidence....

As I recall, the kilt the guy was wearing did seem to be made in light weight and thus could fly up during some of his moves but only, pardon the pun, briefly and it flew down just as quickly. He was also on a platform and thus higher up than the spectators. The camera is quicker than the human eye and can freeze a moment in a way that might not register when being observed. There is also a delay between pressing the shutter and the image being captured so I did not know I had captured it until I saw the result. Just as in Dumfries I captured someone mooning when they posing quite normally when I was actually composing the photo.

Martin's citing of regimental dancing with the much heavier military kilts may well indeed have a different result in regards of "lifting capabilities".

I have been to several ceilidhs in Edinburgh with a lot of swinging movements going on and most kilts being of the tank variety and n'er a glimpse of the mystery being revealed.