With the luxury of being able to make my own, I have kilts which are cotton and lightweight, and a couple which are 27 inches long rather than 24 inches, which makes a difference when outside as sunburn on the back of the knee really hurts!!

I have a very lightweight poly cotton Kingussie style kilt which I always wear with a cotton liner on the hottest days as the kilt wafts and the liner absorbs and that acts as a sort of radiator. I pin the two together and in place as putting on a belt results in a band of hot, wet cloth which is very uncomfortable.

On my workroom wall I have an image of an ancient Egyptian mythical scene with hieroglyphs where the figures appear to be wearing kilt like garments - presumably of cotton or linen - with folds, so I embarked on making the first one with utter confidence that it would be suitable for the heat of an English summer, though judging by the ease with I can grow ginger these days temperatures are higher than ten years ago.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: