Facebook Live Q & A Friday Feb 2!

**RockyR** · 31st January 18, 01:19 PM

Hey Guys and Gals,

USA Kilts is doing a Facebook Live this Friday at 3 pm Eastern time. We're looking for questions to answer, so if you have anything you'd like to hear our opinion / take on, please comment below!

**Dollander** · 31st January 18, 02:37 PM

I'm not on Facebook, and I don't get home from work 'til around 3:30 (I also don't have a smartphone). But if it's even half as enjoyable and informative of the last one, then I look forward to seeing it once it's posted on your YouTube channel.

**RockyR** · 31st January 18, 02:46 PM

It will be. If there's a particularly GOOD question, we even segment them out into stand alone Q / A videos which we share between FB Lives. Can you think of any questions for us to answer?

**tpa** · 31st January 18, 06:33 PM

The standard kilt length has been 24" for years. Everyone seems to use it on their off the peg offerings from top of the market Scottish kilt suppliers to Pakistani ones. Why? the 24" includes a 2" rise, traditionally flared to allow for the rib cage. However, casual kilts are normally worn lower, don't need a flared 2" rise and more often than not have a straight 2" rise so surely the standard length for casual kilts should be less: 23" or 22" and do they really need a 2" rise? I can understand the Pakistani ones, they will have no concept or care of how and at what level the kilt is worn and simply copy traditional kilt makers but even UK and US ones, who should understand how their kilt will be worn, seem to follow the 24" standard for casual kilts. ( I don't know what rise you have with velcro fastenings, so this may be irrelevant to any of those you do off the peg. if you only make to measure, then it does not matter so the whole question is irrelevant!

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**tokareva** · 31st January 18, 06:59 PM

I would really like a Welsh tartan Cilt, but continue to be confounded by how flimsy the material is, it almost seems like an embarrassment, and a national disgrace that such a flimsy material would be the only thing available from Wales.

How does this material hold up to actually being worn? Could it be sewn to another material to give it more body or structure, like a full cotton lining for example?

What is the motivation to make this material so loosely woven? Why is it only made in one weight? Why aren't Welsh tartans available in PV? It seems like it would hold up better to me.

At this point I'm a little disgusted by the whole idea, and to add insult to injury they actually want more money for it!

I may end up getting a 16 oz. Prince of Wales tartan KILT instead, if it's good enough for HRH it's good enough for me. Unfortunately I wouldn't look nearly as snappy.

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**Dollander** · 31st January 18, 10:14 PM

I made a kilted skirt in the Evans tartan, and while it's a softer weave than some of the Scottish mills, it's still quite nice and I certainly wouldn't call it flimsy. Perhaps you're thinking of the questionable skills of the WTC's tailors? In that case, just have the kilt itself made elsewhere. I would think that more appropriate display of Welsh pride than a tartan that ultimately represents the English subjugation of Wales.

But back to the topic at hand, I have a question for the Q&A. Much like your discussion of white hose in the last one, I wouldn't mind hearing your take on why tartan flashes are so reviled.

**OC Richard** · 7th February 18, 07:50 AM

Originally Posted by tpa

The standard kilt length has been 24" for years. Everyone seems to use it on their off the peg offerings from top of the market Scottish kilt suppliers to Pakistani ones.

This is the bane of my existence, due to my needing 25" length (at least).

And the trend of Americans wanting even shorter kilts, due to wearing them down around their hips, makes even fewer longer kilts come up on the used market.