Kilts @ H&M

[Macman]

Not for me, that's for sure. The last picture looks like a reasonable outfit to me, though. But pleats in the front, shorts or whatever underneath, too long - I don't like those looks at all.

[csbdr]

I think they could be OK if the model and photographer had a CLUE!! They have the damn thing on backwards. I'm sure the designer intended the apron to be in the front....I have to say, though, that the small number of pleats does look pretty "skirty". And "shorts" ?! That's just odd....

[CMcG]

Interestingly enough, the last picture in my original post (with pleats in back) is of the designer himself... perhaps it is from an older collection:


There is discussion of the 2009 collection here:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...845/index.html

[cessna152towser]

I think it would look better with the pleats at the back, and imho the long shorts spoil the whole look, but it appears from one of the photos that the kilt has an open slit at one side and therefore the shorts would be a necessary part of the outfit.

[Tobus]

it appears from one of the photos that the kilt has an open slit at one side and therefore the shorts would be a necessary part of the outfit.

If that's the case, then the 'kilt' part is not even a garment unto itself and kind of defeats the whole purpose.

It's hard to tell in the photo since the fabric is black, but does it look to you guys like the pleats are incredibly shallow? I mean, they're very wide in the exposed portion but the hidden folded portion of the pleat looks like it's less than an inch. Seems to me like it kind of defeats the purpose of pleats too.

[Scott West]

I wholeheartedly agree with the Rabble - the idea is sound in theory, but horribley sad in execution. I can not STAND the W-I-D-E (or any!) pleats in front and the hip-hugger approach - no matter how "cutting edge" the style wants to appear. It's a KILT, wear it like one. Why can't society today just accept a masculine garmet (and the gentleman wearing it!) without trying to make it look cute or like it belongs on a tween? Sheesh.

[csbdr]

I just wish the designer had revieed the photos before they went into print....he clearly has the sense to wear the pleats in back himself. Those ads just make kilt-wearers look girly and odd.

[CMcG]

Hmmmm... so maybe Marc Jacobs intended for the pleats to go in back and H&M got it wrong in the advertisement? That would certainly be a tragedy and if I were the designer, I'd be

[David Dubh]

Apparently the've seen Richard Branson in the kilt and thought if he's a billionaire he must know what he's
remember TGIF and PGIB
toes go in first. Pleats go in back

[Arlen]

It seems like the shorts are attached?
I'm not sure what to think of this. I mean, if it's a guy saying 'I want to wear an M.U.G.' then fine, advertise them as that. But don't advertise them as Kilts. They're just not Kilts.