Renting Kilts for Wedding

**Beertigger** · 2nd May 08, 09:29 AM

I can vouch for the quality and service from kiltrental.com.

When I got married - which was my intro to the kilt - I rented a really nice Douglas kilt from 'em.

They've got a decent selection of tartans, and are great to deal with...

**thescot** · 2nd May 08, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

I've not had experience with this company but I've always heard good things

http://www.scotyard.com/index.cfm/a/...ntalCenterList

It looks like they have a few tartans to choose from. For what it's worth I think a 4 yard box pleat is perfectly acceptable as formal wear.

I do have experience with them as I rented an entire outfit for my step-son a couple of years ago. I found them to be very reasonable and easy to deal with. I hate shipping, but they made it easr by sending everything needed to ship back.

I don't have any vested interest in them, but they were great back then.

**Rotundra** · 2nd May 08, 09:45 AM

www.scotyard.com without a doubt. Reaonable prices and great customer service. I had my groomsmen down there getting fitted at the end of March.

**Semiomniscient** · 2nd May 08, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

I am of no help on the rental front,but I think you are quite right about having people wear the tartan of THEIR choice.It all adds to the colour of the great occasion and don't worry about the box/knife pleat bit.Good luck.

Considering the fact that none of my groomsmen wear kilts (my brothers have in their younger days)--I figured it was at least one boon to grant them. Besides, I think everyone in the same tartan makes it look more fabricated. I mean... it IS. But why let it LOOK that way.

**Semiomniscient** · 2nd May 08, 11:57 AM

Thanks Matt. You eased some of my worries. I just told my older brother... he's not particularly thrilled... but I think he'll come around. (I must get to his girl friend--get her on board with the idea.)

**Semiomniscient** · 2nd May 08, 11:58 AM

We found kiltrental.com yesterday and thought it might be what we wanted. I figured I'd best ask around here though. Thanks.

**Beertigger** · 4th May 08, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by Semiomniscient

We found kiltrental.com yesterday and thought it might be what we wanted. I figured I'd best ask around here though. Thanks.

I had great service from 'em - quick to ship, so I wasn't worried about getting it in time - IIRC they had it to me more than a week beforehand.

Just had to pop it back in the box and ship it back a few days after - no problem there.

The kilt was very nicely made, better than I'd expected it to be, really. They even included a few extras - sporran, belt, buckle, flashes - even though I told 'em I already had them. They said they'd put 'em in the box 'just in case.'

Weddings are a stressful enough time (don't get me started about the rings from Ireland, ordered MONTHS beforehand, which showed up 3 days before the wedding). Kiltrental.com made a least one thing totally painless.

**Shriner** · 5th May 08, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Semiomniscient

We found kiltrental.com yesterday and thought it might be what we wanted. I figured I'd best ask around here though. Thanks.

Semiomniscient,

We have a local here in Tampa, Florida that rents for Wedding, they are great !!!!

http://www.dunedinscottish.com/

John

**kmaclea** · 6th May 08, 08:57 PM

Had great experience for my wedding with the Groomsmen in Scottish National from Scottish Merchant in Alexandria.

http://www.scottishmerchant.com/kilt_rentals.php

They ship anywhere, the rental manager is awesome with a lot of experience with sizing people, even from afar... I would heartily recommend them!

My experience is that there is some variation in rental tartans available. I went with the one that went best with my Livingston kilt (mostly red) and the color (red) of the bridesmaids dresses (and most importantly, the one my wife liked best, which involved ordered swatches and comparing with bridesmaid dress swatches, for full disclosure).

Scottish National has only a touch of red, but that was enough to make it a touch better than the Black Watch. I also didn't want it to be a *different* red than mine that would just be confused, like Royal Stewart, so I went with the Scottish National for the groomsmen. It was subdued, but very nice.

I also had another friend at the wedding rent from the Scottish Tartans Museum on his own, and he got the National Millenium tartan, which I also really liked! A beautiful tartan!

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/rent.html

Highly recommend both shops.

Kyle=

**Thistle Stop** · 21st December 08, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Frank McGrath

Try The Thistle Stop. From Maryland.

www.thistlestopshop.com
1-301-845-2389

The interesting thing is, I believe that's Matt Newsome's picture on the kilt rental page on the site.

Thanks for the recommendation! We aim to please. We now have 10 rental tartan choices and two formal jacket styles, as well as casual and children's outfits. Everything is available a la carte, too, if a gent just needs to rent some accessories, or just a jacket, or just ghillie brogues, etc.

That IS Matt's picture in my site. It's a favourite of mine and Matt was nice enough to let me use it. He always cuts a handsome figure in a kilt!

Cheers,

Cyndi