Complete your Sport Kilt ensemble with fashionable and stylish Kilt Accessories. From Sporrans to Sashes, Flashes to Pins and much more. Sport Kilt makes cute kilts for kids, Get your whole family in on the fun! After the ban, the kilt became an enduring symbol of Scottish identity, and tartan patterns represented particular clans, families, and regions. Today there are 3, specific tartan family plaids. The garment takes 20 — 25 hours to make, they are mostly handmade, and the tartan pattern must remain unbroken.
They have 29 pleats and use about 8 yards of fabric. A proper kilt is usually accompanied by a sporran , a small bag worn around the waist and over the kilt. What do men wear underneath their kilt?
Those Scottish gentlemen who do wear kilts will be pleased to know that women are big fans of kilts, Scottish women in particular. Most women polled by the government in Scotland think nothing should be worn underneath that glorious kilt. Are we surprised? Probably not! This has changed over the years, from function to fashion. When walking through wet heather, in the wilds if the woollen cloth got wet and hard if it was any lower would cut the back of their legs. In the beginning of the 20 th century kilts were worn just above the knee but started to get a bit longer in the s to the length we have today which is just above middle of the knee.
Not a good look. The length of your hose is also quite important to the look of your kilt, worn too high they can make your kilt look too long.
Again the length has changed over the years from middle of the calf to nowadays 3 finger widths below the knee, this shows enough knee to give the kilt a great look. I am a daft kilt maker who loves finding out about new interesting information about Scotland and work here at ScotClans. Some 30 years ago I was measured for a kilt by a well known kilt maker who asked me to knel of the floor and then proposed measuring from hip to floor. Top of the knee for me every time. I know what you mean Peter.
When I first started in the early 90s It seemed to be the norm to measure just above the knee cap and this was what we were taught, however, every older gentlemen I came across at the time were wearing the kilt above the knee.
I personally think it may have come from when the kiltmaking houses started closing the workrooms and using out workers, when this happened, the kiltmaker was no longer measuring, it was the sales people and as you say it has now become the norm. The length of your kilt drop will depend on how high you want to wear the kilt on your waist. If wearing a short jacket such as a Prince Charlie, you may want to have your kilt an inch or two longer so that it sits higher on your waist. However, standard kilts should always be worn to the middle of the knee cap, while military kilts are worn a little shorter to the top of the knee cap.
When measuring the kilt length, the wearer should kneel and have someone take a measurement from where the top of the kilt will sit, down to the floor. Where you wear the kilt on your waist is entirely up to you, and is down to personal preference. However the standard height is around the navel and as a result it is worth noting that your kilt waist size may be slightly larger than your trouser waist size. The difference between the inside and outside leg measurement will determine the height of the waistline of your trousers.
If you are wearing the trousers with a short jacket such as a Prince Charlie, you may want to make your outside leg measurement a little longer to accommodate them being worn higher up on your waist.
0コメント