Flattering kilts for ladies?

[CMcG]

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Despite what many will write (sorry fellows) a woman's kilt doesn't fasten on the left - like the kimono, it folds left over right for both sexes.

In the US there are far stronger cultural conventions about fastenings than in the UK.

Is there some distinction to be made in the apron closure between a kilt (6-8 yards of 16oz worsted tartan, many deep pleats, worn at the natural waist, length to just above the knee, etc) and a kilted-skirt (fewer yards of lighter tartan, fewer and shallower pleats, variable length, etc)?

I just looked into my lass' closet and her two "kilts" both close on the left (folds right over left). One is from Canada and the other from Scotland. Both are lightweight tartan and lower yardage. Perhaps, then she has kilted-skirts?

[Dixiecat]

Is there some distinction to be made in the apron closure between a kilt (6-8 yards of 16oz worsted tartan, many deep pleats, worn at the natural waist, length to just above the knee, etc) and a kilted-skirt (fewer yards of lighter tartan, fewer and shallower pleats, variable length, etc)?

I just looked into my lass' closet and her two "kilts" both close on the left (folds right over left). One is from Canada and the other from Scotland. Both are lightweight tartan and lower yardage. Perhaps, then she has kilted-skirts?

Hmmm. The only way to tell the difference between a kilt and a kilted skirt is to use the criteria that you've set in your first paragraph (although weight is less important than the pleats/length). The apron closing is as Anne the Pleater says, it's an affectation used by manufacturers in closing them in the opposite direction.