Advice from the Ladies

**BigMacMcDaniel** · 19th April 15, 07:00 PM

Hello everyone,

Recently SWMBO and I were discussing kilting and I mentioned that I would love it if she would join in on my new favorite pastime. She was very open and even excited at the prospect, but neither of us is very certain of the differences between Kilting for a man and Kilting for a woman. Is it essentially the same? Do both sexes wear a sporran and are the Kilt lengths the same? I have plenty of questions but these seem the most important. After all knowledge is power. I would love input from the ladies on this one.

Thanks,
BigMacMcDaniel

**Thekiltedmohawk** · 19th April 15, 07:45 PM

Here's a link I thought would be helpful for you to take a look at. I don't recall seeing a lady with a sporran by the way.

http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/ladies-kilts/kilted/

**Mikilt** · 19th April 15, 07:53 PM

Contacting Kelly at USA Kilts is probably a really good place to start. Also, I believe that Freedom Kilts makes ladies kilts and kilted skirts.

**kiltedtom** · 20th April 15, 02:03 PM

Big Mac,

Ask Angie here on the forum. She has more than one kilt and wears them very well. And, might I add, she is one very nice woman with whom to talk here. She wears here kilts a lot. So, I would think that Ms. Angie would be knowledgable on the questions you have. Give her a holler here. She will be glad to help you.

Tom

**bonnie heather** · 22nd April 15, 05:44 AM

Originally Posted by Mikilt

Contacting Kelly at USA Kilts is probably a really good place to start. Also, I believe that Freedom Kilts makes ladies kilts and kilted skirts.

I love making ladies kilts and kilted skirts. You can see photos of the ones I've made: bonniekilts.com and also on Facebook.com/KiltmakerBonnieHeatherGreene. (I'm an advertiser on XMarks)

A mini kilt in the Leatherneck tartan. The lady's father was in the Marines...

A knee length kilt-skirt

A long kilted-skirt:

**Mikilt** · 22nd April 15, 05:46 AM

Och!
How did I forget Bonnie Heather?

**Tarheel** · 20th April 15, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by JDuPree

I don't recall seeing a lady with a sporran by the way.

My good JDuPree, as kiltedtom has pointed out, you haven't met Angie or other ladies of the XMarks, yet. There is a wonderful array of feminine views (pun on photos and attitudes) available. They are a much more refined than my crude approach but full of zest for the kilt (their own and their men's).

**Barb T** · 20th April 15, 05:27 PM

The main thing is that your wife is comfortable wearing whatever she wants to wear. Some women are comfortable wearing a full kilt/sporran/belt combo, others are not. If your wife is not familiar with kilts, it's important for her to know that many people would find it odd for a woman to be wearing a kilt and sporran. To be honest, I only wear my kilt and full kit when I'm piping and am "in uniform". I am comfortable with wearing a kilt when I'm piping, but I feel squiffy when I'm not. Neither right or wrong, but that's where I come down.

If your wife were to wear a trad kilt with full kit, she might even be the target of a certain amount of hostility, because a traditional kilt is, quite frankly, historically a man's garment. That doesn't mean it's wrong for her to choose that - she would just need to go in with her eyes open.

If she wants to wear a swell tartan garment to complement yours, there are lots of options that she could choose that wouldn't raise eyebrows. Kilt skirts are an option, or she could go with something like the following:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...t-woman-75461/

Wonderful that she wants to go on this adventure with you!

**neloon** · 20th April 15, 11:09 PM

In Scotland, other than in pipe bands, ladies have never worn sporrans. The kilt was quite popular for women in the 40s/50s/60s but seems to have fallen out of fashion these days. Most believed that a lady's kilt should fasten on the left (consistent with buttons being the opposite way round, I suppose) but that idea has largely disappeared. At my daughter's school, the girls still wear the kilt. The lassie on the left has left fastening.
http://www.albynschool.co.uk/wp-cont...GIRLS003-3.JPG
Alan

**Jock Scot** · 20th April 15, 11:34 PM

I cannot help but agree with Barb and Alan on this. I well remember Mrs Jock and a bunch of her lady friends were of the same opinion when this subject came up here a while ago. Another option open to the ladies should they wish to wear tartan, but not in skirt form is this.