Greetings from Vermont

[scouter2000]

Hi and welcome. I am also from Vermont! Glad to see you here!

[dougle]

Welcome from worcestershire england

[JCheshire]

Hi and welcome. I am also from Vermont! Glad to see you here!

Where abouts? Northern or Southern?

[Ancienne Alliance]

Welcome from France !

It’s good to have you here.




Best,

Robert & Lady Chrystel

[MorgannaLeFey]

Where abouts? Northern or Southern?

I'm from Central VT.

[biblemonkey]

Well I certainly hope so. I seem to have a really serious problem finding a kilt maker who will talk to me about it. Utilikilts don't go big enough, and another place I tried uhm... Celtic Croft I think it was, will go big enough, but they say they can't really fit his shape very well. Couple of other places I've tried to contact haven't gotten back to me.

Problem is, his hip measurement is around 10 inches larger than his waist measurement because he's got a large belly and his bum is wide, too. He's truly pear-shaped.

Perhaps I'm being unreasonable, but I would like his kilt to be his go-to comfortable thing to wear about town when we're out on errands or when he's mucking about in the yard, so I want something he'll -wear-. If he has to wear a belt, he won't ever consider it comfortable.

So the waist needs to fit comfortably, but I also want it to hang over his belly and hips nicely, without the pleat spreading unattractively. Maybe I'm asking for something that isn't really kilt then?

I get where you're going. And good on ya for wanting the man in a kilt! Most women roll their eyes at the hubby donning one it seems.

Anyway, there are alot of "men of substance" on this forum. Some with just that shape. While a kilt can look pretty awkward on that shape, if you get it measured and made right it could still look quite nice. A properly made to measure kilt takes the seat measurement into account. There are alot of good makers and retailers out there and on this board especially. I just got a new kilt from Reidkilts.com for instance and it is amazing. You could try an off the rack wool heavyweight from stillwaterkilts.com for a starter and see if it works out or looks too awkward on him. I have heard alot of good things about them.

On an aside, what part of Vermont are you from? I have family in Burlington.

Hugh

[MorgannaLeFey]

I get where you're going. And good on ya for wanting the man in a kilt! Most women roll their eyes at the hubby donning one it seems.

Anyway, there are alot of "men of substance" on this forum. Some with just that shape. While a kilt can look pretty awkward on that shape, if you get it measured and made right it could still look quite nice. A properly made to measure kilt takes the seat measurement into account. There are alot of good makers and retailers out there and on this board especially. I just got a new kilt from Reidkilts.com for instance and it is amazing. You could try an off the rack wool heavyweight from stillwaterkilts.com for a starter and see if it works out or looks too awkward on him. I have heard alot of good things about them.

On an aside, what part of Vermont are you from? I have family in Burlington.

Hugh

Off the rack isn't going to be an option. His waist measures 54 and his hips measure 64. Anything I get is going to have to be custom from the get-go.

Also, I think wool would be too hot for him, even in the winter. I'm not sure I will be able to get him to try out wearing a kilt in the winter anyway and wool would smother him any other time. He stays very warm most of the time. I'm looking at more modern kilt designs in heavier cotton fabrics (twill or denim most likely) and in solid colors (green or blue being preferred).

We live in central Vermont, in the Barre/Montpelier area.

[McFarkus]

from Chicago. You might try the X-kilt pattern that is available here on Xmarks.

[MorgannaLeFey]

from Chicago. You might try the X-kilt pattern that is available here on Xmarks.

You mean, make it myself?

[theborderer]

Hello and Welcome from Berlin, Germany