The non-tartan contemporary kilt thread

[Alan H]

I went looking Google for "cotton kilt" and came across this:

http://www.polyvore.com/miu_star-pri...ng?id=32951031



OK, it's a womens kilt skirt, made just like a kilt. BUT...it's freaking cotton. COTTON, though it does have that nifty double-layer black and red star design on it. Now...are you ready? go back and look at the price.

AND.

Theyr'e "sold out",

Clearly, I am in the wrong business....

[Alan H]

Nice!



Made by a company I don't know called "Kilt This"...

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/kiltthis/tags/comicon/

[Paul Henry]

by chance two of my kilts spent the weekend together,and I was kindly sent a photo, no tartan in sight!

[Bugbear]

... Ted, do you actually have a kilt yet? I thought you threw them all out, because A.) you didn't feel that kilts were part of your tradition and B.) a person needed to be a "manly man" to wear a kilt, and you felt that you were not such a person.

have you changed your mind and made/purchased a kilt again? I know finances are tight for you, how about just downloading the X Kilt manual and making an X-kilt....which is a box pleat with sewn-down edges. It's quite easy to do.

And please...no excuses this time, OK? If you don't have a kilt and money is tight, then bloody well MAKE ONE.

I understand that I annoy you, Alan H. I'm sorry.

I was being told by several members that using the word "kilt" in reference to a non-traditional kilt was not respecting their traditions. I was being told by the moderators that using any word other than kilt in reference to the non-traditional kilt was not acceptable, and also had a thread removed from the open forum for using another term. A term which happened to have been made up by a traditionalist, by the way.

I had no way to defend myself against the charge that I was disrespecting the Scottish traditions; I am not Scottish; I can not show that I have any Scottish ancestors. It took me a long while to look up primary sources of the word "kilt" being applied to garments other than a traditional Scottish kilt, and also pre-dating the form of the kilt that is now considered traditional; I have no direct access to the OED. I started several threads asking questions of the traditionalists and the historians of the forum. I have posted quotes of David Livingstone, a Scot who also had family ties to the Highlands, not that he was happy about it, calling South African garments, "kilts," in the Eighteen-fifties. I have more quotes from Livingstone that I have not posted, and I can produce primary quotes from Robert Burns showing that the word "kilt" was not exclusive to the meaning we commonly attribute to the word today: a verb rather than noun.

I did not already know these facts, and had to look them up, which took a great deal of time. In the meantime, I suspended my wearing of kilts. I take the charge that I am disrespecting someone's traditions very seriously because I have had to give up so many of my own. Now that I can defend my choice, as well as, discuss it on the forum without feeling that I am disrespecting someone's traditions, I have resumed wearing my non-traditional kilt.

I did not throw out any of my kilts, or kilt accessories. The feeling of not culturally owning the kilt I have spent a lot of money on does bother me. I do have an issue with not being a "manly man," being discussed in relation to the kilt. I have a different view point, and usually try to keep it to myself now-a-days because I realize it is very easily misunderstood and leads to off topic discussions that may be against the forum rules. I will not be making an X-kilt because I neither have a sewing machine nor the sewing skills to make a kilt.

[Mael Coluim]

One of the many great things about XMarks is the ease in weeding out and adding to your kilt closet through the For Sale forum.

I recently picked up this SK Commando from a member here. Today, I am racing on the edge without a sporran! Of course with four pockets I really didn't need a sporran, but this was the first time wearing this kilt without one.

[CMcG]

Nice!



Made by a company I don't know called "Kilt This"...

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/kiltthis/tags/comicon/

I believe one of the owners of Kilt This! is an Xmarker (Superspence1), although she apparently hasn't logged in for over a year. They do some interesting things with their closure systems and are geared towards custom work:

[kc8ufv]

kc8ufv was making some sort of X-kilts with tdifferent colors of pleats a while back, and that caught my interest. Can't remember if the front and back of the pleats were different, or if each whole pleat was a different color. Either would be interesting.

Were you thinking of this X-Kilt?

Pleats are all black on the outside, with the back wall of the box pleat rotating between pink, purple, and blue. I just wish I hadn't bleached the pink and purple quite as much as I did, but the original colors of the fabric were way way to strong for what I was after.

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

Drats, I don't have a pic of the Breast cancer awareness kilts from the Ventura games. In our ladies group pic, you can't see Beth's and Shannon had already changed out of hers.
Bethany rocked that flame kilt, it looks great and suits her!

This is mine from alt.kilt. Looooooove it!!
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Etsy.com has some interesting ones. http://tinyurl.com/4xskq8p

I want this one, I'm hoping I can get the sellar to amke a ladies version.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/50355507...facet=handmade

[Alan H]

Removed...took it to the mailroom....
On second thought, after trying to send it 3x and getting it kicked back...never mind.

Ted, I am glad that you are wearing your contemporary kilts again. Honest. Regarding the guys who are "offended" by whatever horrible thing you have done regarding wearing a tartan kilt.... Personally, I'd say F(%#$*k 'em and the high horse they obviously are up on, to dump their attitudes on you, but that's up to you to be able to do.

[Maksim]

This is my Freedom Kilts Cargo Model Kilt, the pic is from (if I remember correctly) autumn last year.