Kilted skirt question??

[GG]

Like The Scot said, the top of knee or a bit shorter is what I prefer (and so do my dear wife) to whom I today - by the way - have been married for 44 happy years.

Greg

[thescot]

Like The Scot said, the top of knee or a bit shorter is what I prefer (and so do my dear wife) to whom I today - by the way - have been married for 44 happy years.

Greg

See? 44 years. That's what happens when you wear a skirt the right lenght.

[Pleater]

If you can find some suitable material at 60 inches width then two strips of 30 inches can be made, with the waistband cut off selvage to selvage before spliting. That is if you are making the skirt in kilt fashion not using dressmaking techniques. Most of the wool fabric here in the UK is 54 inches wide, so 27 inches when divided.

With a longer length you can use a lighter material and not worry about the Marilyn effect so much - the kilt still swirls but reveals less, and on a hot afternoon in a tent in the middle of a field lighter material is going to feel less like meltdown is not just likely but imminent.

You might consider box pleating all the way round, which is sort of kiltish but has not been worn as a kilt for a while so it is not seen as a kilt by most.

It has the advantage of being only three layers of material maximum.

Even here on the South coast of England the traditional Scottish kilt length and weights of fabric are too warm ( at least for me) for constant wear after May Day, and once the temperature starts to climb over 20 degrees C even lighter wools are just too much when worn in layers.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: