Originally Posted by
beloitpiper
Gordon Dress (from Locharron)
Do you already own the Gordon Dress kilt? Do you mean the ordinary Gordon tartan with addition of white bands? If not, I myself would avoid that tartan, being that it was originally intended purely for female attire.
Red Gordon is IMHO a very handsome tartan, have you considered that? Also very lovely are the ordinary Gordon in Weathered/Reproduction colours, or Ancient colours.
Do you already own the What Price Glory Gordon kilt? If not, I myself would avoid that, due to the fabric being made in India. It looks, feels, and hangs completely differently than any UK-woven tartan would. Even lightweight 10oz or 11oz UK-woven tartan, considered too light for a man's kilt, looks and hangs far better than the heavy-yet-flimsy Indian-made tartan.
I ordered a WPG kilt a few years ago. When it came I was taken aback by the fabric. It was claimed to be heavy 22oz military fabric, but it was nothing of the sort. It had a strange silky waxy surface and was oddly flimsy and insubstantial. It looked like no UK-made tartan of any weight of any time-period either civilian or military. (I've owned and worn a number of actual military kilts over the years, I'm very familiar with their fabric.)
I boxed that kilt up and sent it right back.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of WPG and I have several things from them which are nice.
About tweed, here's what Prince Charles was seen wearing with his Gordon Modern kilt
Last edited by OC Richard; 14th October 15 at 04:22 AM.
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