21st Century Ankle-Length Kilts

**Nick** · 18th April 06, 04:59 PM

All this time we've been worrying, top of the knee, middle of the knee, or bottom of the knee! Who knew it really didn't matter a jot?

**Moosehead** · 18th April 06, 05:02 PM

The question might be better served at Tom's Café, not here.

**Ruanaidh** · 18th April 06, 05:15 PM

Oh, oh! Me thinks I hear a dead horse.

**Southern Breeze** · 18th April 06, 05:39 PM

toadinakilt · 18th April 06, 08:25 PM

Oh, I don't think we need move this discussion to Tom's Cafe...it's not a Yemini Futah for crying out loud. The thing has an apron, two buckles on the right side, and numerous pleats across the back...I think it's a kilt. And thus it has a place in the discussion here.

**Southern Breeze** · 18th April 06, 08:40 PM

If the hem touches your knees it's a KILT. If it touches your ankles it's a SKIRT.

**Canuck** · 18th April 06, 08:53 PM

In the year 2000 Pacific Opera in Victoria did a New piece called Erewon. The designer for that show was Debra Hansen of Stratford. She designed full length kilts for the men in that show. The kilts were built by Richardson's of Toronto. They were a grey Tartan and were rather stunning. So 21st Century kilts unfortunatly are way behind the times......

**Kiltman** · 18th April 06, 09:15 PM

I don't think it matters how long the kilt is. A few weeks ago I was at the celebration of Greek Independence day and saw a number of pictures of Greek heros in long skirts!
Men have worn skirts of various lengths for a very long time.

**cessna152towser** · 19th April 06, 11:20 AM

There is a perception in some quarters that men's kilts shouldn't fall below the knee. There were some great pics on British TV recently of Prince Charles and Princess Camilla walking about on their recent overseas tour in matching Balmoral kilts, his knee length and hers calf length and they both looked right for the people wearing them. Earlier this year I bought a couple of self colour lightweight polyester kilts on e-bay which hang to just below the knee on me and I feel that these really do need to be accessorised with a sporran as without it they do look rather similar to the old fashioned skirts which schoolgirls used to wear before they all converted to trousers. Call them skirts if you want, but they do have the correct front overlap, some pleats at the back and the fringe on the wearer's right so I don't think the seller is breaking the Trades Description Acts by calling them men's kilts.

**JakobT** · 3rd September 08, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by Canuck

In the year 2000 Pacific Opera in Victoria did a New piece called Erewon. The designer for that show was Debra Hansen of Stratford. She designed full length kilts for the men in that show. The kilts were built by Richardson's of Toronto. They were a grey Tartan and were rather stunning. So 21st Century kilts unfortunatly are way behind the times......

I don't know about that - I've seen pics of these full-length kilts in Geoffrey (Tailors) catalogue from January 2002, so if behind the times, it's not by that much.