Regarding the SWOOSH ...Originally Posted by CollinMacD
Thank you for your response, I will keep them in mind. The price is reasonable, but I would like to know more about the quality, especially the SWOSH.... I want to give my daughter something very special. I would like to hear from others....
As a woman, kiltmaker, and highland dancer, when I hand sew kilts for women, the amount of yardage makes a huge difference on whether the pleats will swing or not.
Most machine sewn kilted skirts have low yardage and pleats with a depth of only 1/2 an inch. The skirt looks like a kilt, but there is virtually no swoosh at all.
On the other end of the spectrum are highland dance kilts. They have fantastic swoosh, and deep pleats,
but for an adult size, it would require at least 5 - 7 yards of tartan fabric. That makes the kilt cost much more than commercially made ladies kilted skirts.
The traditional kilts that women in pipe bands wear are virtually the same as the men wear. They're usually about 8 yards.
The kind of kilts that I've been making for ladies (especially X-marker Angie) are about 5-6 yards, with deep pleats, custom made for individual women's body shapes and curves.
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