First outing in Mercy lightweight Kilt

**cessna152towser** · 17th February 06, 08:11 AM

Today the sun shone and there was no wind so I thought I'd give the new black Mercy kilt which I bought on e-bay for £24.95 its first wearing. Size XL, which is 40 inch waist and 24 inch length. First time I've worn a lightweight non wool kilt. Because of the use of lightweight polyester there is a hem on this kilt, on which a few loose threads needed to be trimmed before stepping out. I replaced the cheap safety pin type kiltpin which came with it, using a proper kiltpin which helps weigh it down. Tried it on with a long black teeshirt with highland stag motif; wearing the teeshirt outside the kilt looked too punk/goth for a man of my age so I tried it with the teeshirt tucked in and added a conventional kilt belt and plain sporran, which give a much more pleasing look, with rugby socks and black shoes. Wore it to go to the post office,which was busy. Didn't get any comments and wasn't aware of any funny looks. Despite the light material the kilt was surprisingly warm due to the double apron at front and pleats at back and also being about an inch longer than the kilts I normally wear, even though all I wore underneath was a dark pair of skimpy briefs.

**646guy** · 17th February 06, 08:17 AM

is that a black Mercy kilt or the pinstripe one? I can't tell in the pic but it does look like the black one...I have the pinstripe one that I've worn about the neighborhood with no comments...of course I'm young enough to kinda pull of that punkish look

**cessna152towser** · 17th February 06, 08:32 AM

It's an all black kilt, no pinstripes.

**646guy** · 17th February 06, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

It's an all black kilt, no pinstripes.

I looks good...I thought about getting the basic black one but I have enough solid black kilts as it is....

**beverlonian** · 17th February 06, 08:57 AM

This looks excellent value - but can you tell us how it wears/hangs? It may be just what I'm looking for for this summer. How about crease resistance, etc? As much info as possible would be appreciated. Thanks.

**646guy** · 17th February 06, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by beverlonian

This looks excellent value - but can you tell us how it wears/hangs? It may be just what I'm looking for for this summer. How about crease resistance, etc? As much info as possible would be appreciated. Thanks.

I think it wears fine. The material is very soft and smooth but I did take an iron do mine before I wore it out just to make sure that it looked good...but then again I do that to a lot of my kilts. It is lightweight but you will have to see if cessna had success with the heavier kilt pin than what it comes with in terms of keeping it down. I will say that outside of the black, it does seem that they are a bit more "punk" oriented but as you can see it all depends on how you dress it up (or down). I wore my black pinstripe Mercy kilt with a black t-shirt and black Doc Marten boots.

I would definitely say it's light enough for the summer and definitely more on the casual angle than something formal.

**cessna152towser** · 17th February 06, 09:07 AM

I suspect the material will crease and will need ironing but will wear it a few times and report back. In still conditions it looks like it hangs good and gives a convincing representation of a Scottish kilt but I'd envisage that the very light material won't have the correct swing of a Scottish Kilt.