Kilt Do's and Don'ts

**escherblacksmith** · 25th June 07, 06:56 AM

Something else to note, SCA is not a re-enactment group. They do have some of the best research I've seen into fairly obscure topics, but they are geared a bit differently, to whit:

You will frequently hear a SCA person describe the SCA as recreating the Middle Ages "as they ought to have been." In some ways this is true -- we have few plagues, indoor plumbing, few peasants. In the dead of winter we have other things to eat than King's venison, salt pork and dried tubers. However, a better description is that we selectively recreate medieval culture, choosing elements of the culture that interest and attract us.

Ren Faires (depending on their ilk), have a similar bent, some really into recreating a bit of history, some that like wearing kilts and eating turkey legs, and some like me who do both . . .

to each their own, I guess.

Whilst we are talking about that, I was entering our show (I work for a friend of mine out there) and came up behind a pair of young men wearing very shiny new kilts. I came up behind them and put my arms across their shoulders and said in a very brotherly way, "Ach, I like yer kilts, there is certainly no more manly attire. But it is even more manly if the pleats are in the back . . ."

Mainly, I felt I should warn them before they entered the fest proper and be beset by all of the various "helpful" folk who will point out the faux pas. Rather loudly and with much pointing.

**ozone** · 14th July 07, 07:40 AM

DO use kilts in ad campaigns so more people get used to seeing them:

**ozone** · 14th July 07, 07:48 AM

Couldn't resist because this website actually thinks that they are selling kilts....silly Germans, kilts are for Scots. I especially like the use of mannequins. I do have to admit, the shirts are a nice twist on the traditional jacobite shirt.

For the curious, here's the main page on the website that these pics came from:

http://www.kilt.de/

**Nervous Jock** · 14th July 07, 09:04 AM

very er............................continental

**McClef** · 14th July 07, 11:10 AM

Unless it's also pleated at the "rear" one might be tempted to think it is on the wrong way around.

**taxdragon** · 14th July 07, 07:41 PM

Well I did it...I went through all 102 pages and here is my list
Kilt at knee length...check
Don't pin front apron to back...check
Flat area in front and pleats in back...check
Don't wear sporran too high or too low...check
Kilt pin low...check
Flask a must...check
Make that a full flask...check
Everything else my choice...check
Now did I miss anything?
Oh yes, have fun...check

Thanks for the great tips...Al

**The Frumious B.** · 15th July 07, 12:36 AM

Note, too, that on the www.kilt.de website, there is a link back to their site by way of www.sportkilt.de. Might there be some www.sportkilt.com trademark infraction here?

**Mr. MacDougall** · 15th July 07, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by The Frumious B.

by way of www.sportkilt.de.

Interestingly, the garments shown on the sportkilt.de website are either worn back-to-front, or are pleated all the way around. I'm not sure which, as no pictures of the back of the garments are presented.

**ozone** · 15th July 07, 09:08 AM

For those who read German, here's a detailed image of their kilts...I feel kinda bad making fun of these folks; shouldn't someone tell them that they are making skirts?

**CameronTaylor** · 15th July 07, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by taxdragon

Well I did it...I went through all 102 pages and here is my list
Kilt at knee length...check
Don't pin front apron to back...check
Flat area in front and pleats in back...check
Don't wear sporran too high or too low...check
Kilt pin low...check
Flask a must...check
Make that a full flask...check
Everything else my choice...check
Now did I miss anything?
Oh yes, have fun...check

Thanks for the great tips...Al

By jove I think he's Scot it !

CT - dang I are so clever (Marty Clever in fact)