History of Contemporary and Non-Traditional Kilts?

[Bugbear]

All right, I looked it up. 21st Century Kilts was launched in 1996. So the mid nineties is the starting point.

[Mike in Dayton]

What an interesting thread. Thanks for posting.

Mike

[Bugbear]

And I had to start another thread over in the Traditional Highland Attire forum to find a few answers. As it is so far and as best as I can tell:

The use of tartan on a non-traditional looking kilt does not bring it over into the traditional highland attire.
Also, the use of a solid color fabric on a traditional kilt does not, as Matt pointed out earlier, exclude it from being a traditional kilt.

That leaves the construction and design to determen whether a kilt is contemporary/non-traditional or is traditional Highland attire.

For example, my Buzz Kidder is not a traditional kilt, but is a solid color kilt. If I had a low, jeans type cut Freedom Kilt in tartan materiel, it would not be a traditional kilt.
There should be no problem with wearing either of these with accessories outside of the traditional Highland attire; for example, without a sporran in the front etc.

[Kett]

Thanks Wizard, the history lesson was most interesting!

[Bugbear]

I guess the concept is to replace the pants or trousers with the contemporary kilt.

The Wizard has threatened to post a thread on using the contemporary kilt with the clothing you already have in the closet. I look forward to learning how to do that.

For example, should I just wear my sport jacket as it is with my non-traditional contemporary kilt?

Lead us oh Great One.

[-B-]

Sport kilts were the first commercially available non traditional kilts they were in cotton and marketed to athletes for after work out/ race this was in the mid to late 80's.

[Monkey@Arms]

Sport kilts were the first commercially available non traditional kilts they were in cotton and marketed to athletes for after work out/ race this was in the mid to late 80's.

According to their respective websites Sportkilts was founded in 1995 and Utilikilts was founded in April 2000. I'm assuming they should know.

Best regards,

Jake

[Bugbear]

It wasn't yesterday...

[The Wizard of BC]

I'm sorry but according to Terry Vargas and Rocky Roeger, Bear Kilts preceed the Sport Kilts by at least 13 months.

[Bugbear]

I'm sorry but according to Terry Vargas and Rocky Roeger, Bear Kilts preceed the Sport Kilts by at least 13 months.

If I add that up correctly, both preceed 21st Century Kilts which was, as I looked up and posted earlier, launched in 1996.

Any which way it happened, it did not happen yesterday, and it was still in the nineties of last century.