Summer weight kilts

[James]

Martin,
It was back in 96-and of late they seem to have vanished-possibly they were a bit too soon for the present upsurge in kilt wearing?

In any event the address was:-

Elizabeth Taylor &Co
5 Rother Close,
Storrington,
West Sussex.
RN20 3NX
Great Britain.

The proper name of the garment being The Lightweight Gentleman's Kilt.

Anyway that means I've had them for eight years of regular summer wear-and they are still fine.

By the way I did have pockets added.

The regular light weight kilt I mentioned does have deep pleats-that was from Hector Russell.

I think a problem of today is that with the upsurge in kilt wearing, some firms have leapt on the idea-made cheap options: so have lost the essentials of the traditional kilt. My own view being that it is not so much the number of pleats, rather their depth which enables a kilt to swing. They also allow the buyers to purchase overlong sloppy looking kilts that part or entirely cover the knee. For they lose sight of the fact that the kilt is a very masculine jaunty garment-and needs to be worn as such.

James

[kiltimabar]

Martin,
It was back in 96-and of late they seem to have vanished-possibly they were a bit too soon for the present upsurge in kilt wearing?

In any event the address was:-

Elizabeth Taylor &Co
5 Rother Close,
Storrington,
West Sussex.
RN20 3NX
Great Britain.

The proper name of the garment being The Lightweight Gentleman's Kilt.

Anyway that means I've had them for eight years of regular summer wear-and they are still fine.

By the way I did have pockets added.

The regular light weight kilt I mentioned does have deep pleats-that was from Hector Russell.

I think a problem of today is that with the upsurge in kilt wearing, some firms have leapt on the idea-made cheap options: so have lost the essentials of the traditional kilt. My own view being that it is not so much the number of pleats, rather their depth which enables a kilt to swing. They also allow the buyers to purchase overlong sloppy looking kilts that part or entirely cover the knee. For they lose sight of the fact that the kilt is a very masculine jaunty garment-and needs to be worn as such.

James

Storrington--isn't that Hamish's home town? He must know something of this lady in any case; there doesn't seem to be anything about kilts he doesn't know!

[646guy]

I've only had one bad summer kilt experience and that was in my UK Original but that was because I was also standing behind a refrigerator unit and the heat from the machinery was blowing directly onto my backside...didn't realize this until WAY too late and I was sweating like a pig

[Riverkilt]

Well, down here where summers are HOT I've been very pleased with my lighterweight 11 oz hand sewn from Kathy's Kilts.

Also like to hike in my SportKilts in summer, near to feeling nekie.

They ain't tartans, but my UK originals are very light summer kilts too.

But the heavier kilts work too...must be the same principle that the desert people use on the other side of the world to keep cool by wearing a lot.

There are a lot of summer pics in my gallery. I don't ever remember a kilt making me "too hot" during the summer. The heat actually helped the leather kilts. Would go hiking in the leather kilt to shape and mold it more to my body.

Ron

[Riverkilt]

How could I forget....my 'camo tartan' AmeriKilt Tiger Stripe is a great summer kilt, as are all my AmeriKilts.

For every kilt there is a season...

Ron

[NewKilt]

How could I forget....my 'camo tartan' AmeriKilt Tiger Stripe is a great summer kilt, as are all my AmeriKilts.

For every kilt there is a season...

Ron

Ron, I agree about the Amerikilts - great for summer wear. I have found the Khaki AK and the Corduroy AK even to be pretty good in cool weather due to their weight.

Darrell

[Kilted Stuart]

I'm just sitting here reading the posts on this tread and daydreaming of another summer kilted. I can't take much more cold weather, even though this has been a mild winter. I dream of the day in a few months that takes me to sweat on the waistband of any kilt.

I don't have any advice on which kilt to pick. I'm drifting in a warm summer breeze in my mind. I'll have to answer questions later......

Kilted Stuart

[Southern Breeze]

Up till now my experiance has only been with the Stillwater standerds and the Workmans U.K. The only problem I've had is being hot under the waistband. I'll be trying some canvas and P.V kilts this year.

[Kilted Stuart]

I've had good results from P.V and lighter weight poly wool blends. You still get the feel of wool but has a little cooler effect with a touch of poly. There is also lighter weight P.V, just have the kiltmaker use a little more fabric for a casual or full 8 yrds. And at least with P.V you dont mind throwing it in the wash after a hot afternoon in the sun at say a highland games. I can't handle a full day of kilting in 16-18 oz of wool. Brings a new meaning to hot and ichy.

Kilted Stuart

[Hamish]

Storrington--isn't that Hamish's home town? He must know something of this lady in any case; there doesn't seem to be anything about kilts he doesn't know!

It is indeed, and Rother Close is about ¼ mile from my house! However, I have to tell you that Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor and her family moved from that address at least eight years ago and now no-one has any idea where she might be.

I first heard of her in about 1999, went to the house for a chat but was told by the then occupier that the Taylors had moved a year or two previously. Never having seen her work, catalogues or even a website, I didn't realise that her kilts were anything other than 'traditional' until now. I should certainly have liked one of her kilts for my Kollection, but she must have kept her operation low-key because I moved here in 1991 and yet never knew of her. I also know another family who have lived in Rother Close, a short cul-de-sac, for over twenty years - and they knew the Taylors by sight, but nothing of any kilt connection!!