1 Great Kilt, 10 Looks: A Visual Guide to Modern Great Kilting

**Sir Didymous** · 23rd December 15, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by dcommini

I love how well your GK looks with your chosen attire in your pictures. I do have one question, though, and that pertains as to where you acquired that double breasted jacket? The jacket helps pull together the more formal looks quite well.

Sorry for not getting to you much sooner, but I've been working on many other endeavors. I bought this jacket from these fine folks ( http://stores.ebay.com/Fort-Laramie-Trading-Post?_rdc=1 ) and added the epaulettes, cuffs, and facing on the lapels. Other than that, it's just an American Civil War double breasted officer's shell jacket.

**terry m** · 27th December 15, 11:04 AM

Hi Sir D. Not a look for me but I think you do what you do very well. We know a man from Glasgow who goes by the name of "Wee Pete."
Anyhow we would attend a Pagan summer camp every year and be with him. I am a practising Catholic btw, my wife is of the new age Pagan faith.
Pete would lie on the ground and wrap himself in a huge length of Tartan and finish up wearing the great kilt. It looked brilliant with his shirt and big boots. He would dine with us on the camp and as my wife always does one pot cooking there he would turn up with a lump of wood and carve his spoon in front of us, we always knew where he had been due to the little pile of shavings.
Keep doing what you do, it makes us all individuals. We used to re enact the English Civil Wars as members of the Sealed Knot Society and the Scottish troops would wear a very similar garment.

**Leprechaun 91** · 27th December 15, 11:52 AM

This is a great thread. I like the idea of mixing it up and showing the various possibilities. it again, shows the versatility of the kilt.

No... Have I missed it or has someone done the same thing with the Utility stule kilt?

David

**Sir Didymous** · 27th December 15, 06:07 PM

If anyone has done this with the utility kilt, I must have missed it. Though I don't really get into that type of kilt, it would be cool if someone did.

**Madadh** · 28th December 15, 03:52 AM

Sir Didymous,

Great job. Your different versions of the GK give ideas to try and your courage to put them in front of the rabble is to be commended.

**dcommini** · 28th December 15, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by Sir Didymous

Sorry for not getting to you much sooner, but I've been working on many other endeavors. I bought this jacket from these fine folks ( http://stores.ebay.com/Fort-Laramie-Trading-Post?_rdc=1 ) and added the epaulettes, cuffs, and facing on the lapels. Other than that, it's just an American Civil War double breasted officer's shell jacket.

Awesome, thanks much.

**tweedhead** · 31st December 15, 03:10 PM

I have a few questions about how you wear it in practice, namely:

1. When you put on a belted plaid, it looks like you belt it around your natural waist where a kilt would usually rest. Have you tried belting it at different heights, like where jeans would sit?

2. When wearing it with a longer vest, would you belt the plaid overtop of it? I expect you wouldn't want to have your vest folding up over the pulled back aprons. In your sixth picture you have a very interesting straight-bottom waistcoat with a sort of reversed collar, and in the ninth a dramatically shortened jacket. Do you find most items cut for kilt wear work suitably with your belted plaid or do you still run into problems with the extra material tucked in back? Corollary: would belting it lower cause it to interfere less with kilt jackets like argylls etc.?

Overall I find the effect incredibly interesting and quite dramatic. If it isn't too much trouble could you post some pictures of the reverse view for those times you haven't got it pinned up about your shoulder? I'm curious how the rest of the material is stored in practice for someone who has actually worn it as a functional piece of clothing in a modern outfit.