Kilts with fringe around the apron?

[Kizmet]

This was in today's local paper. The picture of the kilted young man with the frizbee isn't as clear here, but the larger pic in today's paper edition shows that the kilt apron is fringed down the side.

I've not seen this before, but I'm still a newbie in the land o'kilts.

Is fringe on the apron just another style?

[Southern Breeze]

I'm no expert but all of the traditional styled ones I've seen have a fringe on the apron.
The kilt in the pic looks a little long to me.

[Chris Webb]

SportKilt offers this feature ... for a price. I've got one other kilt with fringe down the side. Personally, I think it just one more way to get $12 more out of me. LOL!!

Chris Webb

[Prester John]

I confess I've never seen a kilt with fringe on the bottom. Mine has fringe on the apron edge, but not the bottom.

What was the caption to this photo?

[Scott Gilmore]

Looks more like a sarong than a kilt.

Regards,
Scott Gilmore

[James]

Not relevant as he's wearing a skirt.

James

[MacWage]

If kilt (not skirt)->
Possibly Rocky's lazy man kilt:

The Casual (or Philabeg) Kilt by USA Kilts (see above link)

http://www.usakilts.com/casual_kilts.php

From that pic (on thread), I'm not sure of anything!

[James]

I've had another look at that picture, and cannot in any way see it as other than a skirt.

Now if the chap wants to wear a skirt, good luck to him: not my personal taste, but certainly I support his right to do so.

However if our focus is to be on the kilt as a sensible form of male dressing; then we do have to limit our attention to the kilt.

I accept that the kilt has mutated since my youth, and that is fair enough: but let is not pretend that a skirt is a kilt.

James

[Hamish]

James is correct. The kilt has mutated and is, indeed, evolving (which is no bad thing as long as we do not lose sight of, and contact with, its history).

As for the fringing on kilt aprons: it is, of course, traditional that there usually be a fringe down the right-hand leading edge of the top apron, but in recent years some kiltmakers have made additional fringes almost their trademarks. USA Kilts has been mentioned: whilst my semi-traditional USA Kilt has only the single fringe, I believe that their casual model is fringed at the bottom in lieu of a hem or selvedge.

BearKilts in Vancouver, is another kiltmaker who adds extra fringes. I have two of Terry's super kilts and they are fringed on both the right and left-hand sides of the apron and around the bottom. Here is a close-up of my British Columbia tartan BearKilt, in which this fringing is just visible:

[herminator]

Hi Hamish,

Where is that sporran from? Looks good!