Please tell me if I'm being told lies by my bad bf......

**Pleater** · 31st January 12, 07:39 AM

Remember that short clothes are a relatively modern innovation - no respectable woman would wear a garment as short as a modern kilt in Victorian times - and although the 'flappers' wore their skirts short in the roaring Twenties (1920s) they would have caused consternation in the streets - longer length coats and capes were de rigeur. It was not until the 1960s that hemlines rose, but they were to be worn with tights, and often with long socks or boots as well to reduce the impact of so much skin. It was not unusual to wear a mini skirt with an ankle length coat.

The standard way to close a kilt is left over right - there is no alteration for women - it is like the kimono in that.

My kilts fifty years ago were fastened on the right, kilts worn by girls or women in old films, photos, knitting patterns, magazine illustrations etc. were closed on the right.

Girls might wear a knee length kilt, but for women the normal length was 27 inches - one half of the 54inch of the standard wool fabric woven back then in British mills.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Father Bill** · 31st January 12, 08:12 AM

Actually my late Mom (b. 1909) was a teenaged flapper in the later 20s. She never said as much, and it never actually struck me until I was going through the photo albums one day. Gave me a real grin.

Originally Posted by Pleater

Remember that short clothes are a relatively modern innovation - no respectable woman would wear a garment as short as a modern kilt in Victorian times - and although the 'flappers' wore their skirts short in the roaring Twenties (1920s) they would have caused consternation in the streets - longer length coats and capes were de rigeur.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**GoodGirlGonePlaid** · 31st January 12, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Pleater

It was not until the 1960s that hemlines rose, but they were to be worn with tights, and often with long socks or boots as well to reduce the impact of so much skin. It was not unusual to wear a mini skirt with an ankle length coat.

*sings Cake's "I want a girl with a short skirt and a looooooooooong, long jacket"

Seriously, wool is itchy. Coverage is good. I rec boy shorts.
Remember Brittany, Paris, Lindsay Lohan... girls going regimental ends up on TMZ.

**Pleater** · 31st January 12, 04:41 PM

You could always get your own back by wearing petticoat britches under your kilt - lots of fine fabric, embroidery and lace.

They were all the rage here, in the seventeenth century before the restoration of the monarchy - according to Samuel Peyps, though for men, but that would not do these days.

You would need to beware - on a breezy crossroad a contrary wind ruffled my pleats and the sight of my lace edged petticoat distracted a driver so much he did not notice that the lights had changed and the car in front had stopped.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Mickey** · 31st January 12, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by GoodGirlGonePlaid

Remember Brittany, Paris, Lindsay Lohan... girls going regimental ends up on TMZ.

But even then, nobody wanted to see their junk. My gal, absolutely. Those skanks though? Never even googled it. nasty... nasty... nasty....

**hunterblue** · 31st January 12, 08:32 PM

your right, I remember in the 60's one of my older female cousins creating an uproar by wearing "Hot Pants" which of course were very short shorts.

**Kilted Karl** · 31st January 12, 09:20 PM

I have a problem with the "what are you wearing under under your kilt" Question. For one If you want to go "regimental", "commando" or whatever you choose to call it, that is your decision to make. I might question the wisdom of doing it this way as I have seen the results when men do not know how to sit correctly and I know what a sudden gust of wind can to do a kilt!

However!

That is your decision to make. I hate it when people ask what I wear under my kilt or make allusions to it! It is none of their business. The whole aura that has come over the kilt with the "what you wear under your kilt" thing is rather sad and disturbing. Make your decision and go with it. I would never ask a lady what she wears under her skirt and it is no business of anyone else what I wear under my kilt!

That said, wear you skirt or kilted skirt how you must.

I will now unsubscribe to this thread and fin others more uplifting and edifying.

Your Obedient Servant,

Karl :ootd:

**hunterblue** · 1st February 12, 12:01 AM

[QUOTE=Kilted Karl;1060952]I have a problem with the "what are you wearing under under your kilt" Question. For one If you want to go "regimental", "commando" or whatever you choose to call it, that is your decision to make. I might question the wisdom of doing it this way as I have seen the results when men do not know how to sit correctly and I know what a sudden gust of wind can to do a kilt!

However!

That is your decision to make. I hate it when people ask what I wear under my kilt or make allusions to it! It is none of their business. The whole aura that has come over the kilt with the "what you wear under your kilt" thing is rather sad and disturbing. Make your decision and go with it. I would never ask a lady what she wears under her skirt and it is no business of anyone else what I wear under my kilt!

Karl, when a woman asks me what I wear under my kilt, I know they are trying to embarrass me. So what better then to embarrass them back by responding with, "Your lips?" I find this usually shuts them up.