women in kilts

[EagleJCS]

As I'm sure others in this forum will advise you, there have been kilts made that have been cut for women - mainly for band uniform purposes. Most women's hips tend to flare more than men's, so a regular-cut kilt won't look quite right. I can't describe exactly what happens or why - one of you kiltmakers, maybe? - but it just doesn't look quite right.

Kilted skirts are more appropriate as women's wear, and I don't believe you'd wear a sporran with it. A kilt pin, OK, but not a sporran.

[Barb T]

As I'm sure others in this forum will advise you, there have been kilts made that have been cut for women - mainly for band uniform purposes. Most women's hips tend to flare more than men's, so a regular-cut kilt won't look quite right. I can't describe exactly what happens or why - one of you kiltmakers, maybe? - but it just doesn't look quite right.

Kilted skirts are more appropriate as women's wear, and I don't believe you'd wear a sporran with it. A kilt pin, OK, but not a sporran.

When I make a kilt for a woman (piper or dancer), I make it exactly the same as I do for a man. Kilts are tailored garments and are tailored to fit the person. Just as any two men are different shapes, any two women are different shapes. The shaping is more pronounced on a kilt for a woman, typically, but the kilts are *made* exactly the same way as the kilts I make for men.

And for both pipers kilts and dancers kilts, the fringe is *always* on the right and never on the left for "the ladies".