Kilts for Halloween?

[Nighthawk]

I just got my SWK standard Royal Stewart, and it fits! (I was a bit worried about that since the sizes next to it were out of stock,..)

I still need to check my sons when he gets home, and I'll try a 'dry run' of my costume tonight and get a pic perhaps.

Nice!! Congrats! My long plaid should be here today, too. I can't wait to get home and find out.

[sathor]

Nice!! Congrats! My long plaid should be here today, too. I can't wait to get home and find out.

I just tried out my outfit so far, and aside from my fencing jacket being damn big (I realize it was a size 50, but the kilt is a 40...) it looks about right so far. I'll get pics after i get the tack stitching out and a haircut.

I find it almost odd, the children's kilt has two rows of that stitching, but the standard only has one, but I guess the stitching goes down farther on the standard. The real difficulty is that to be as close as I should for the costume, I won't have a sporran or pockets. And since the jacket goes groin to neck, I won't have an easy way to get to pockets if I had some on a shirt under the costume. Minor inconvenience though.

[Nighthawk]

I just tried out my outfit so far, and aside from my fencing jacket being damn big (I realize it was a size 50, but the kilt is a 40...) it looks about right so far. I'll get pics after i get the tack stitching out and a haircut.

I find it almost odd, the children's kilt has two rows of that stitching, but the standard only has one, but I guess the stitching goes down farther on the standard. The real difficulty is that to be as close as I should for the costume, I won't have a sporran or pockets. And since the jacket goes groin to neck, I won't have an easy way to get to pockets if I had some on a shirt under the costume. Minor inconvenience though.

My plaid did come today. Man, the thing is huge!! It's double width, which really surprised me. My penanular broach is almost too small to hold all the material. It should keep me nice and warm tomorrow. All in all, it was a great purchase, and like everything SWK, worth more than I paid.

[MacFett]

I will be going as a mangy Scotch git, but I will not be wearing a kilt (visibly).

[3rdcoastsurfer]

Along the lines of a historical outfit (not costume, right), my daughter's parochial school is having a "Saints Party" where all the kids dress up like saints throughout history. I love to get in the spirit, and I since I wear one of my kilts to church each week..

are there any canonized saints known to have worn kilts?

Of course St Andrew never went to Scotland and I've never seen St Patrick depicted in a kilt. If anyone knows, you on this board will know.

[auld argonian]

are there any canonized saints known to have worn kilts?

I seem to recall a mention on Guinness bottle of a "St. James Gates"...probably a distant ancestor of Microsoft's Bill Gates...

Best

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[Dr Mac]

BK Powell, from Bryan/College Station

[sathor]

I wore my costume today, which I hope to get a copy from my wifes camera soon, and aside from a handful of teens calling it a skirt, one store keeper loved it, and another really really loved it, but she doesn't count since she's British and knows what they are supposed to look like. Oh wait, never mind, I guess she does count...

I think one little kid recognized the costume though, I hear one start saying "rabble rabble rabble" as he walked by, which is something one of the other characters from that show always says. That is actually the highlight of the night. Well, that or the kinda hot British Personal Trainer lady that likes kilts...

[McFarkus]

Although a kilt is NOT a costume, I'm planning on wearing mine tomorrow. I usually can't wear mine at work, and this is an excuse. St. Andrew's day will be my next foray.

[RockyR]

How about this?