Why Street Style Stars Are Taking Cues From the Outlander Set

[dutchy kilted]

I just take away the fact that we are trendsetters, again.

[Panache]

can weigh up to 20lb in its traditional form - dear dear.

Anne the Pleater.

Anne,

That would be the rare Scottish battle kilt with the metal plated apron and pleats

;)

Jamie

[tpa]

I wonder if that is by satellite, or, some sort if internet system?

Outlander series is availble live on Amazon Prime in the UK. Both series are available on DVD from Amazon.

We watched the first series on line from a selection of sources including You Tube, but they have clamped down on that now. The buffering was terrible anyway.

There is indeed an enthusiastic, predominately female, following in the UK who have held annual meetings and have a Facebook page (Outlandish UK). I understand there are also Outlander tours taking people round the filming sites in Scotland too. The reason I know is that my original home village is one of them.

Some time ago, I accompanied my wife to one of Diana Gabaldon's talks in Oxford and she is certainly entertaining to listen to. I was a trifle outnumbered in male to female terms there, but was the only one in a kilt.

[Taskr]

In the UK it seems to be provided by online streaming services.
But, back to the OP. I do know people who are watching the series* and they've become avid fans - not a "don't like it" comment heard yet. The focus for the ladies is Sam Heughan (Jamie). Not much is heard from the men attached to those ladies. It would seem, then, that an increase of kilt wear would be instigated by women. That still does not seem to be the case. All their men still wear pants.
I tried a few Net searches but didn't come up with any men's magazines that featured Outlander and/or the move to kilts as current fashion.

*quite a few. I'm not much of a TV watcher.

[The Wizard of BC]

The first time I attended a book signing by Diana Gabaldon I too was the only one in a kilt.
We had purchased a few extra tickets for employees who decided not to attend at the last minute.
So I was standing outside giving them away for free.

I was asked if I were the main male character, Jamie Fraser, so many times that I started replying, "No, because if I were, there is a good chance I would not get out of here alive."

The Outlander phenomenon is amazing considering that the author is originally a Scientist who started by posting her writings on an internet writers forum.

[tpa]

The first time I attended a book signing by Diana Gabaldon I too was the only one in a kilt.
I was asked if I were the main male character, Jamie Fraser, so many times that I started replying, "No, because if I were, there is a good chance I would not get out of here alive."

No one asked me that question at her Oxford talk and book signing. I can't think why. In fact I don't recollect anyone saying anything about my kilt directly to me at all, although there were a number number of women who smiled at us and my wife said that my kilt was obviously the object of discussion among some of the younger female generation when we were standing outside waiting to get into the talk.

[ThistleDown]

I met Diana first at Inverness during the early stages of location scouting and a couple of times later in BC's Okanagan Valley. Diana and a good friend of mine, Jack Whyte, are good friends. Jack's the author of the Dream of Eagle series about King Arthur.

Jock, you have missed a treat or two if you haven't yet viewed the first year in this series. A DVD Christmas present if you had just put it on your list . The historical research was superb, the locations well-chosen and recognisable, and the cast coaching almost as well done. The rave it has become in America is based on its pure romantic fantasy, but much of the costuming is as accurate as possible at this distance in time. What is poorly done (the urban-rider boots the men wear and the wee sexy shoes the women wear, the yards of wool in which the men are wrapped and the skimpy shifts worn by the women) is pure Hollywood, but it's really quite acceptable for entertainment. It's easy to understand how Street Style fashion in America could evolve from the Outlander for a season, but not for more.

[WillowEstate]

In Australia it was on Foxtel (cable) as it was released, thenceforth season one was on Netflix and both seasons are available for purchase on iTunes in Australia. We watched season 1 on Netflix and we bought season 2 on iTunes.

I caught the last 5 minutes of an episode on free to air TV here in QLD a couple of weeks ago when we came home in the evening but like a klutz, failed to make a note of the channel and haven't found it since!

[Michael A]

That was SBS. check SBS on demand on your computer, phone/tablet , or smart TV.

[Jock Scot]

I met Diana first at Inverness during the early stages of location scouting and a couple of times later in BC's Okanagan Valley. Diana and a good friend of mine, Jack Whyte, are good friends. Jack's the author of the Dream of Eagle series about King Arthur.

Jock, you have missed a treat or two if you haven't yet viewed the first year in this series. A DVD Christmas present if you had just put it on your list . The historical research was superb, the locations well-chosen and recognisable, and the cast coaching almost as well done. The rave it has become in America is based on its pure romantic fantasy, but much of the costuming is as accurate as possible at this distance in time. What is poorly done (the urban-rider boots the men wear and the wee sexy shoes the women wear, the yards of wool in which the men are wrapped and the skimpy shifts worn by the women) is pure Hollywood, but it's really quite acceptable for entertainment. It's easy to understand how Street Style fashion in America could evolve from the Outlander for a season, but not for more.

As luck would have it, when I returned North today I discovered that Mrs Jock has been lent a DVD with "outlander" series one on it.

I have written this bit five times and the most tactful comment that Mrs Jock and I can come up with is that, "its not for us."