Casual Kilt can it be done???

[Benning Boy]

Generally speaking, the main difference between a casual kilt and a "real" kilt is that the casual, although pleated in the manner of a real kilt, has no hair canvas to help shape the hips, nor a reinforcement of the pleats at the waist and a full lining. Also On the real version the excess material in the pleats at the waist is cut out. On the other hand, the excess material of the casual kilts is left in. If you were to have a kilt made with your 6 1/2 yards of tartan, and have it constructed like a real kilt, it would be a real kilt, and not a casual kilt, the way I look at things. Also, remember that the idea that a real kilt is made of eight yards is a fairly recent fashion in the kilt world. In earlier times small kilts were made with as little as three to 3 1/2 yards, and for quite some time were regularly made with four yards, give or take, maybe five yards for a larger sized kilt. These shorter yardage kilts were in there day considered real kilts.

(Fundamentalists, please not I use the word real above only to very much simplify expression of my thoughts, and not out of contempt for your dogma.)

[Kylahullu]

Generally speaking, the main difference between a casual kilt and a "real" kilt is that the casual, although pleated in the manner of a real kilt, has no hair canvas to help shape the hips, nor a reinforcement of the pleats at the waist and a full lining. Also On the real version the excess material in the pleats at the waist is cut out
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I would like to see a second opinion. Even if some or many casual kilts (and even some that are said to be "real" kilts) have those above mentioned details, I have not understood that "casual" in this context means something made to be poor quality and to fall apart very soon.
What I have understood of the word casual: "clothes or shoes suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions."

Waiting to learn some more about English language.

[TenorClef]

One final photo of the Dunans Rising kilt-

[Jock Scot]

I would like to see a second opinion. Even if some or many casual kilts (and even some that are said to be "real" kilts) have those above mentioned details, I have not understood that "casual" in this context means something made to be poor quality and to fall apart very soon.
What I have understood of the word casual: "clothes or shoes suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions."

Waiting to learn some more about English language.

Another way to look at this, perhaps?As far as the kilt is concerned, I wear my "tank" kilts(2)-------I have no other, although I may choose to wear my older kilt for some events----, on occasion for, shooting, fishing, mowing the lawn, walking in the country, herding the occasional cow back to where it should be, weddings, funerals, black tie events and even in the past, white tie events. To my mind, by keeping the kilt constant, it is what is worn with the kilt for a particular event that makes it casual, smart or formal. Of course, there are times, particularly with advance information, where the kilt is not the best choice for the intended event.