21st Century Ankle-Length Kilts

**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.

**Kilted KT** · 19th April 06, 11:39 AM

These garments sounds like kilted skirts, not actual kilts. I've heard of many different types of kilted garments that would surely not qualify as kilt in anyone's eyes.

**Rigged** · 19th April 06, 12:05 PM

Just so that we're all on the same page:

http://www.21stcenturykilts.com/woolandtweed.htm

**mddock58** · 19th April 06, 12:09 PM

Here's another pic from their website.

**sharpdressedscot** · 3rd September 08, 03:45 PM

No thanks. Not me.

**Sir Robert** · 4th September 08, 09:24 AM

Yeah 2006 dates, I went to TFCK and could not find the offending long kilt, I'm guessing they don't sell them any more. Gosh who would have guessed?

On the TFCK site the kilts without a sporan do look very much like a skirt.

**Sylvain** · 4th September 08, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Sir Robert

Yeah 2006 dates, I went to TFCK and could not find the offending long kilt, I'm guessing they don't sell them any more. Gosh who would have guessed?

http://www.21stcenturykilts.co.uk/fulllength.htm

**ozone** · 4th September 08, 11:03 AM

that's not a kilt. Altough, i do agree that their descriptor (Hellraiser/matrix) does fit the bill since both those movies had similar garments featured at one point or another.....but it's not a kilt. Sorry 21st century- good try though...and good luck.