What's Modern Kilt Wear> ...or...what's this subforum really about?

[The Wizard of BC]

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What to the modern kilt wearers think this forum section should be about?

[Jock Scot]

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What to the modern kilt wearers think this forum section should be about?

I am really sorry that you ever thought there was a quarrel. As to the above, it seems we agree on that too.

[Paul Henry]

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What to the modern kilt wearers think this forum section should be about?

It's dificult to know exactly what this bit of the forum should have,and it is with a certain ammount of caution that I suggest that positivity would be much better than many of the negative views that always seem to posted by the very traditional members here. The line about remaining silent if not having anything good to say is a good one.This shouldn't mean that there is not a good debate , but phrases like "that's not the proper way to wear a kilt" or indeed "that's not tradtional" really don't have a place here either.

All of us are "modern" kilt wearers, when or not we are copying the way some of ancestors wore kilts before, but we are not them, our ideas and our way of life is different, not better especially . but different.

some thoughts about how i wear my kilts

I wear kilts that are tradtionally made with 8 yds tartan, knife pleats, leather straps and metal buckles, with stabliser and hair interfacing, lined with cotton or silk, and almost entirely hand sewn, this I think is one of the most traditional style of kilts, and I don't imagine even the staunchest of tradtionalist could argue with that, I wear those kilts often with a shirt , tie and a jacket,sporran, long hose,with plain flashes, and generallly black shiny shoes, that to mean is a very tradtional and smart attire, and it is often my "smart"

I also wear exactly the same kilt with a casual open shirt, pushed down walking socks and heavy shoes or boots, and a casual jacket or sweater, so nothing has changed with the actual kilt, but just what I put with it, to me that's still a fairly traditional way of wearing it, but perahps it might be thought of a more"modern" way of wearing a kilt.


I also wear machine sewn cotton/linen/denim/camo kilts about 5 yards, sometimes with pockets, and these I wear fairly casually with boots and scrunched socks and open shirts or t shirts.


Sometimes it is possible that there is overlap between these groups, but I choose to wear my kilts depending on where I am going, or what I am doing, the situation goes a long way to determining which kilt i pull from the wardrobe.


A final thought about what should be in here, almost anything kilt related, that isn't especially strongly traditional,so discussion about the value of sherrifmuirs, jabots, buckle shoes and the like probably are better somewhere else!