Can it be Modern?

**Electrickilt** · 27th June 11, 09:06 AM

Have been thinking about modern kilt wear and had a little time. Just some comparison pics.
Traditional:

Modern Take:

No Sporran:

Just throwing some ideas out.

**kc8ufv** · 27th June 11, 09:30 AM

I like it. Your modern take almost looks a little bit steampunkish, in an understated way.

**CMcG** · 27th June 11, 09:40 AM

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

**Nighthawk** · 28th June 11, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by CMcG

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

I agree. With the sporran, it's more of a semi-traditional look. I have to say that as a man who has embraced modern kilt wear, as well as traditional, I like it. I like it a lot, as a matter of fact.

**cessna152towser** · 28th June 11, 10:03 AM

Looking good.

**McClef** · 28th June 11, 10:45 AM

Shows that a leather kilt can still be traditional

**Jock Scot** · 28th June 11, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by CMcG

The leather kilt sans sporran definitely takes the rest of the outfit squarely out of the traditional. Looks good!

With or without the sporran the leather kilt in question, in my humble opinion, cannot in any way be described as traditional.For a start it has a pocket! Come on chaps don't let our already slipping standards slip any more! Nice perhaps, modern it is, historical maybe, traditional never! I think that the OP should be congratulated for being realistic.

Please let us not complicate things even more by using, yet another, heading of "semi-traditional", whatever that is supposed to mean.

**Java** · 28th June 11, 11:38 AM

I really like the look of that kilt better with the sporran. In my (admittedly narrow) mind, a kilt needs some type of "detail" in the front, in order to look like a kilt. A sporran, or the patterns of snaps or buttons used on many contemporary kilts, something. That second picture looks sharp. That's similar to the way I might wear a contemporary kilt for "nice, but casual" evening wear.

Have Fun,
Tom

**kc8ufv** · 28th June 11, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Java

I really like the look of that kilt better with the sporran. In my (admittedly narrow) mind, a kilt needs some type of "detail" in the front, in order to look like a kilt. A sporran, or the patterns of snaps or buttons used on many contemporary kilts, something. That second picture looks sharp. That's similar to the way I might wear a contemporary kilt for "nice, but casual" evening wear.

Have Fun,
Tom

I agree. Even with the pockets, the sporrran is neccissary. In pic 3, it looks like something is missing.