X Markers Modern Kilted Pictures

**Rex_Tremende** · 2nd June 10, 04:13 PM

Seen elsewhere in these pages, I'm proud to add this Paul Henry kilt in heavy cotton/linen herringbone to the collection, commissioned for a Puerto Vallarta destination wedding of friends of mine:

(I don't remember if it was before or after this photo that the lass with the
fan disclosed to me that she had disposed her Spanx in the ladies room...)

Regards,
Rex.

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Rex, do you mind my asking about your waist belt? The source for it?

The belt is from Oconee Leather Works.

**cessna152towser** · 10th June 10, 03:55 PM

The Brighton Street Kilt from Carse of Gowrie Kilts and Kiltmakers, Scotland.

Box pleated urban camo print in its city of manufacture, Manchester, England.

Trojan style kilt in bleach splashed denim from Midas of Manchester.

CADPAT Freedom Kilt, purchased second-hand from Riverkilt.

In this picture I am wearing my hemp R-Kilt and friend John is wearing a lightweight black kilt by Midas of Manchester.

**cessna152towser** · 10th June 10, 04:12 PM

Blaklader Craftsman kilt from Sweden

Goth/Punk Utility kilt from Dead Threads

Utility Kilt from Tartanista of London England

Hunter Green Camo from Union Kilts of Wales.

Bleach splashed denim mini by Midas of Manchester
That's enough from me for now.

**techdragon** · 11th June 10, 09:27 AM

Here are some of my favorites Alt.Kilts that I made for customers.
I need to get a better shot of the full leather one completed but I will show off a couple of those photos here too:

Military Inspired Custom Kilt - Box pleated.

Charcoal Wool Kilt

Burgundy Leather Kilt

And of course, one of my trademark Steampunk Kilts (for an arty-er look)

-J

**xena** · 11th June 10, 10:51 AM

Kiltedwolfman,

Is that a GCS ribbon on your chest? Bravo Zulu!

Sorry for the hijack. Back to your regularly scheduled pics.

**highland mafia** · 11th June 10, 01:56 PM

[And of course, one of my trademark Steampunk Kilts (for an arty-er look)

-J[/QUOTE]

Ohhh Is that a super Hawk I see in the background??

**Superspence1** · 12th June 10, 02:18 PM

First, I'd like to express appreciation for being asked to post some photos of our kilts on this thread. We have been asked by XMTS to be very respectful of the paying sponsors of this forum and to not advertise if we have not yet paid our sponsorship, which unfortunately we have not had the extra time to arrange. With that said, I would like to share these photos and if XMTS feels it is not appropriate, we understand if the post is removed. We have nothing but the utmost respect for this forum and it's sponsors.

All of our designs have free floating aprons that are attached with different types of strapping. The original idea was to be able to interchange the aprons. All strapping is adjustable making the kilts adjustable by 10" of give or take-in.

This was a request for a specialized kilt for an EMT

The design required special pockets with straps to hold medical containers.

This is what we call a snap closure kilt. The snap closures are what hold the apron on.

This was our first kilt that included a matching sporran.

This is a "hikers clasp closures" kilt that uses hikers clasps to hold the apron on.

Camo with hikers clasps

Breast Cancer Benefit Kilt

Multi Color Kilt

Wrinkle resistant polyester kilt

Khaki Hiker Kilt

Thank you again for asking us to participate.
Serena and Cris
Utility Kilt Designers

**Panache** · 16th June 10, 06:25 PM

CMcG asked that I take a look and contribute to his thread.

Reading through the responses and looking at the photos posted I have to note that a good number of the outfits shared really don’t seem to be very “modern”. I think there is a difference between traditional looking kilts that are mass produced, machine sewn, and/or of synthetic materials and a true “Modern/Contemporary” kilt. These traditional looking kilts follow the same fashion guidelines as a hand sewn wool tartan one. The same goes for solid color traditional looking kilts (which are actually more traditional than tartan ones!)

As for true modern kilts (like Union kilts, Utilikilts, R-Kilts, Amerikilts, etc) …

From Panache answers the big kilt questions

#13 Do Modern Kilts follow the same rules as Traditional Highland Attire?

No. Modern kilts (such as Utilikilts, R Kilts, etc.) are their own thing. One can certainly take inspiration from traditional highland attire but following it too closely doesn’t really work and creates an incongruous look with a modern kilt. If you really want to wear Argyll jackets, flashes, fancy sporrans, etc. then please stick to traditional looking kilts. Being such a new fashion there really aren't any set rules for modern kilts but one should try to come up with an entire outfit where all elements all work together.

Now at the conclusion of our thread “ 1 Kilt 10 Looks : A Visual Guide to Formality in Highland Attire”

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-attire-48691/

Glen and I stated regarding modern kilts

“…We find that there are some solid principles of traditional highland dress that can be applied to them, but as a current fashion there really aren't any set rules for dressing up or down a modern kilt. With no disrespect intended toward modern / contemporary kilts (we both each own at least one) we also feel that most modern / contemporary styled kilts lack the incredible versatility of the traditional kilt…”

With this in mind I wondered how far could you take a modern kilt in terms of formality. Taking a careful look at both at my old photos and my wardrobe I tried to see how much I could dress up in a modern kilt. I deliberately tried to avoid too much reference to highland attire and my only requirement was that the photos would have to be an outfit I would wear out and about today.

Olive green Sport Kilt

Maroon X Kilt

Camo X Kilt

Gray UK Mocker

For the record, IMHO a sweater vest, dress shirt, tie, and semi dress shoes are as formal as I could successfully take any of my modern kilts. I think the most successful of these outfits is the maroon one that takes a modern kilt and goes with a Hawaiian/sarong inspiration instead of a Highland one. Then again I may be partial to it because it is so comfortable...

...and matches my pipe!

Cheers

Jamie :ootd: