I have a modern kilt and want a great kilt.

[Pleater]

I just noticed that you have Wilsons in your ancestry - my father's mother was born a Wilson.

Great Granddad Wilson and his brother used to work on the big steam engines which powered the mills, and when he was just a lad they would take my dad to go and clear out the boilers as he was small enough to climb inside to chip off the limescale.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Burly Brute]

A great kilt is a fine thing to wear, and I enjoy mine on the rare occassions that I wear it. Usually, it is for very dressy occassions, although I have been known to don it with a blue-painted face for Halloween. The kids loved it.

It's easy to do, but I reccomedn that you get 5 yards of cloth. You and I are about the same size, and try to find 60" although 58" will do. You can shop the remnant sales of Burnett's and Struth or some other supplier to find a better price. 5 yards is pretty short, so if you find a remnant, it ought to be very attractivey priced.

If you want to go all out, you could even have a competent tailor sew in some belt loops at the right place to facilitate donning the thing. I wish I had done that when I ordered my, but I was unwisely frugal. Also, the ends (the 60" side, not the selvage side) should be frayed a bit, but yoy can do that sitting on the couch while watching the news. I recommend So You're Going to Wear . . . for some good advice on setting the whole thing up.

Good luck

So 58" or 60" should work? It sucks so much! I found this AMAZING clearance fabric store right next to my house, but just about everything runs 54"!!!!! It's hard to because I am super long waisted. I would say a good 4 feet of my height from my knees to my head! lol

Thanks for all the comments and helpful advice!

[Woot22]

Hey...don't forget a belt! Of not a kilt belt then as wide as you can get.

IMHO save your money and skip the belt altogether. Somewhere along the line I read it was not big deal to go sans belt and I have never looked back. I never wear one with a kilt anymore. But I should point out I really only wear the kilt about once a year, twice at the most. So there are plenty of more qualified people than myself that could agree or disagree with me on that point.

CW

[Dale Seago]

IMHO save your money and skip the belt altogether. Somewhere along the line I read it was not big deal to go sans belt and I have never looked back. I never wear one with a kilt anymore. But I should point out I really only wear the kilt about once a year, twice at the most. So there are plenty of more qualified people than myself that could agree or disagree with me on that point.

CW

Um, yes, for a modern tailored kilt that's fine, but the OP is talking about a great kilt/feileadh mor. Wearing that without a belt would be. . .suboptimal.