Tweed kilts

[M. A. C. Newsome]

There has been some discussion of tweed kilts on another old thread (revived after about a year!) on "Who Owns a Scottish Hand Sewn Yadda-yadda...."

Since that thread is old, and long, and not really about tweed kilts anyway, I thought I'd start a new one for this topic.

Just to get the ball rolling, here is some info. First, an article I wrote for the Scottish Banner about Harris tweed:
http://albanach.org/needfortweed.htm

Harris tweed is, of course, what many people think of when they think of Scottish tweeds. I'm absolutely in love with the stuff. Here is the web site for the Harris Tweed Authority.

As some know from other postings of mine, I do use Harris tweed in my own kilts. Info on ordering a Harris tweed kilt is here:
http://kilts.albanach.org/tweeds.html

I hope to add a wider range of Harris tweeds in the coming year. You'll note at the bottom of that page I also make kilts from the Ettrick tweeds woven by Lochcarron. I'll also make kilts from tweeds supplied by the customer if you have your own source.

We also offer all styles of kilt in Ettrick tweed through the Scottish Tartans Museum gift shop. They are priced the same as our medium weight tartan kilts. See http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/tweed.html

The museum also offers a line of kilts made from House of Edgar's "Glen Tilt" tweeds, which despite the name are really worsted twill weave cloth, but made in patterns to resemble the classic Scottish estate tweeds.
See: http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/glen_tilt.htm

Lest this post starts to sound like a commercial, there are other companies making tweed kilts. Most of your larger Highland Dress suppliers will, such as the kiltstore.com, Geoffrey (Tailor) aka 21st Cent. kilts, etc.

Doing a search for "tweed kilts" will yeild some interesting results. Here is one I found (I have not done business with this company but I have heard good reccomendations):

House of Bruar

I've been recently introduced to this web site, which is reviving an old Scottish Estate Tweed:
http://www.inveraraytweed.co.uk/

Lastly, here are a few pictures of kilts I have made to get the ball rolling (all Harris tweed).