Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post

And interestingly none of the kilts appears to have a top band at all. They are simply carefully folded over to make a form fitting shape around the wearer.
If you look closely you will see they do indeed have a band of a plain fabric, it looks like some sort of satin cloth or ribbon, but because of hte way the kilt are hanging it has sort of folded inside the kilt.
Having a contrasting top band is very traditional ,infact some military kilts can be identified by their green edging.