Mystery Kilt

[Friday]

KiltUnKnown

If the apron closes left over right and you have two "belt like straps" on the right side and a third on the left (maybe on the inside) that passes through a hole in the fabric, you have a kilt. If the aprons close right over left The straps are used to adjust the top of the kilt. The interfacing of the kilt act like the rest of the "belt."

An apron that folds right over left and the strap that passes through a hole in the kilt is on the right side you have a woman's skirt. With pictures someone can identify the tartan and give you more information.

Welcome from South Central Pa.

[KiltUnknown]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

[lethearen]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

I think what you described would be left under right.

When you're wrapping it around you, if you lay the left side down first, and the right side over it (left over right), you'd have a woman's kilted skirt.

The other way 'round, such that you lay the right side across your midsection, and then the left over that (right over left), you have a man's kilt.

Easy way is to just put it on and see which side opens. If the apron is open at your right side, it's a man's. If the apron is open at your left side, it's a woman's.

[Friday]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

The right side should be closet to the body with the left over top of that.

[O'Callaghan]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

Umm ... No

And as Squeaky said, if you convert it, the pleats will all face the wrong way. I spotted one like that when I was at the RenFest with my son, and he said something about it before I could, even though he doesn't wear a kilt.

In addition, men's kilts are all approximately knee length, whereas women's are all different lengths, but the most traditional is mid calf, and you often see ones that length on eBay that have been converted to open on the men's side, but being that long is also a giveaway.

[Squeaky McMurdo]

As I said, it depends on the maker. My ladies' kilt from Scotweb has the pleats facing the same way as a man's kilt and is made with at least 5 yards of material so the pleats are nice and deep...it just opens on the left and would be too short (18 inches...I'm short) for a man.

I looked at Arlen's thread about the conversion he did and it gave me ideas for getting my dad kilted cheaply in wool. (cute dog btw Arlen)

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[WClarkB]

Left over Right = Folded left first, then right?

? folded to the left and then the outer end folded to the right?
if so that is correct

[robthehiker]

You could just wear it as is and when people say "nice kilt" you can angrily reply "IT'S NOT A KILT, IT'S A SKIRT!".

Welcome from Oakville, Ontario.