What is proper for women?

[ThinBlueLine]

Hey all,

Thank you all very much for the input. It appears that the North American branch of the Clan Munro Association sells cotton tartan fabric so that should give her a sizable number of options.

[turpin]

If she is allergic to wool you should look into a skirt in Polyviscose from USA Kilts, although I don't know if the Munro tartan is available in PV. I go a mini-kilt for my Daughter, and it is very well-made, AND machine washable.

[bear]

Lighter weight, apron closure on left, and usually 4 yards are the norm. Length? I've seen all kinds of skirt lengths. A kilt should be fit as a man's kilt.
I think the North American people are no more strict than the Brits regarding 'rules.' it's just that our opinions are funneled through the narrow tube of kilt sites. The majority just wear kilts and don't bother with the discussions.

[Sir William]

Our clan chief, Margaret Elliot, wears a just-below-the-knee tartan skirt for daywear, and a ankle-length tartan skirt for eveing wear. As part of her day-wear attire she also wears a tartan tam with a silver clan chief badge.

My wife (who I met at Scottish Country Dancing) prefers to wear a non-tartan dress with a tartan sash as she is not fond of wearing wool, though she has both a knee-length and long skirt.

[Pleater]

As long as it doesn't frighten the horses, or set tongues wagging then - I suspect - tartan can be treated as 'just' another fabric for woment's wear.

As an example of using tartans, I think a tartan waistcoat with a toning unpleated skirt and jacket would look smart as daywear, but it could also be worn with a long skirt and fancy blouse in the evening.

For Scottish Country dancing it used to be the norm for the women to wear white dresses with a tartan sash of cotton or light wool for daytime and a longer length sash of silk or wool for evening. Some groups had different styles and lengths of dress for day and evening wear, or for outdoor and indoor events, though that was before my time.

Our dance teacher at school thought it scandalous that our teacher considered Scottish Country dancing to be equivalent to PT and had us change into our gym things before the lesson. There were LOOKS between them that could have frozen fish.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: