The Most Comfortable Kilt

**unixken** · 10th July 12, 09:34 AM

I too, have found my Sportkilt to be VERY comfortable around the house. I have a "Team Kilt" (solid black on the outside, Buchanan Tartan within the pleat "reveals"), with optional pockets and buckles. If I iron the pleats, it looks respectible enough to wear for an afternoon on the range, but I usually just throw it on around the house without a thought to what the pleats might look like on any given day.

**CMcG** · 10th July 12, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by unixken

... I have a "Team Kilt" (solid black on the outside, Buchanan Tartan within the pleat "reveals"), with optional pockets and buckles. ...

That kilt sounds really interesting with the combination of solid colour outside and tartan pleats. Do you have a picture of it?

**unixken** · 10th July 12, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by CMcG

That kilt sounds really interesting with the combination of solid colour outside and tartan pleats. Do you have a picture of it?

If you scroll down on this page, you'll see an example of a Buchanan "Team Kilt"...
http://www.sportkilt.com/category/70...Team-Kilt.html

**Larry124** · 10th July 12, 07:56 PM

For me it's been Elkommando Kilt, Sport Kilt Hiking, Sport Kilt specialty fabrics, especially tropical prints (not currently available), and AmeriKilt cotton. Only. Anything else is too heavy.
For most of us in the middle to lower USA these humid and warm to hot half-years are not going away anytime soon. IMHO.
So kilt sellers should ALL consider giving their customers a choice in a very lightweight fabric.

**Mael Coluim** · 11th July 12, 03:55 AM

Yep, I’ve been lounging around the house in a Sportkilt since 1996. It was my entry way into kilt wearing. Initially, I used them after a bike ride to get out of my sweaty bike shorts when I headed to the pub with my fellow cyclists.

**David Thorpe** · 11th July 12, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by Larry124

For most of us in the middle to lower USA these humid and warm to hot half-years are not going away anytime soon. IMHO.
So kilt sellers should ALL consider giving their customers a choice in a very lightweight fabric.

Marton Mills PV is 11 ounce, cool, washable and holds pleats very well. I recently finished an 11 oz. wool 6.5 yard kilt in clan tartan specifically for the purpose of wear to Highland Games. It is quite comfortable even on hot, humid days.
Most kilt vendors DO offer lightweight options.

**CMcG** · 11th July 12, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by David Thorpe

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Most kilt vendors DO offer lightweight options.

But what about the elastic waistband?

**David Thorpe** · 11th July 12, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by CMcG

But what about the elastic waistband?

Sorry. Not on my radar. A well-made, correctly-sized kilt doesn't need elastic to be comfortable, in my experience and opinion.

I'll shut up and trot back off to my traditional forum now.

**Pleater** · 11th July 12, 03:56 PM

My most comfortable kilts started out as top end duvet covers - it does entail making your own kilts, but I just pleat the fabric and sew on a narrow waistband just to bind the top.

Anything will do to hold it on, a couple of D rings and fabric reinforced with cotton tape, click together squeeze apart buckles, buttons, safety pins - or even Velcro.

The material is difficult to crease but seems happy enough to be folded into pleats. The kilt is heavy enough not to feel flimsy but comfortable in midsummer heat.

It can be thrown in the washing machine, lounged about in, carried in a backpack and even worn when wading in the sea, and it still looks kiltish.

The only thing to watch out for is a pattern with an obvious vertical line not printed on the grain of the fabric. Plain or something random is the best option.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Alan H** · 3rd December 12, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Pleater

My most comfortable kilts started out as top end duvet covers - it does entail making your own kilts, but I just pleat the fabric and sew on a narrow waistband just to bind the top.

Anything will do to hold it on, a couple of D rings and fabric reinforced with cotton tape, click together squeeze apart buckles, buttons, safety pins - or even Velcro.

The material is difficult to crease but seems happy enough to be folded into pleats. The kilt is heavy enough not to feel flimsy but comfortable in midsummer heat.

It can be thrown in the washing machine, lounged about in, carried in a backpack and even worn when wading in the sea, and it still looks kiltish.

The only thing to watch out for is a pattern with an obvious vertical line not printed on the grain of the fabric. Plain or something random is the best option.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

Nice, Ann! Though I have to say, that's the first time I've ever heard of duvet covers having a second life as a kilt!