Kilt Maker Disappointment

[McMurdo]

You know there are talented kiltmakers out there that are rigid about what is and is not a kilt. I am sure that if I were to go into the tartan shop that made my Isle of Skye and asked them to make it with Velcro, and told them how to pleat it, I am sure they would have thrown me out on my ear.

There are kiltmakers out there that will accommodate, even welcome your input. However that does not mean that they have too.

If you really wanted a traditional kilt, in the tartan of your choice, then why would you want those modifications? To my way of thinking Velcro and Traditional kilt just do not even belong in the same sentence.

[James MacMillan]

If you really wanted a traditional kilt, in the tartan of your choice, then why would you want those modifications? To my way of thinking Velcro and Traditional kilt just do not even belong in the same sentence.

If the buckle is replaced with velcro, and the velcro is hidden under the belt (just like the buckle is hidden under the belt) how does that make it not right?

So to your mind, ease of wear is out? Not trying to start a flame here. But if that kind of thinking was still the way to go, we would not be wearing anything but no socks and the great kilt...... Come-on. Things evolve.

[McMurdo]

If the buckle is replaced with velcro, and the velcro is hidden under the belt (just like the buckle is hidden under the belt) how does that make it not right?

So to your mind, ease of wear is out? Not trying to start a flame here. But if that kind of thinking was still the way to go, we would not be wearing anything but no socks and the great kilt...... Come-on. Things evolve.

Yes things evolve all I was saying was that there are those out there that will not bend to your will about what a kilt should be. My point was and still is that you had said you wanted a Traditional Kilt well Velcro is Not I repeat Not traditional, you just can not haver it both ways.

You want to think differently don't go to a traditional kilt maker and ask them to make you a contemporary kilt, go to one of the fine Contemporary kilt makers out there. You may have to do it online but I suppose that is the price you have to pay.