Kilt for the misses

[auld argonian]

I'll say it again, kilts on women is not only acceptable but downright sexy...mini or "regular". It's like anything else: it all has to do with the attitude of the wearer and not the item being worn.

I just wish I could talk Mrs. Argon into accepting a kilt as a gift but she just ain't hearin' it,

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AA

[Mike_Oettle]

Come on, Pyper, that was a bit heavy. Ladies look great in tartan, and while I have a preference for them to be in a skirt rather that a kilt, I have seen some very feminine kilt assemblies.
I am thinking particularly of one young lass I saw pictured on X Marks in a kilt that hung below her knees, with a sporran decorated with green leaves painted on it, as well as of a champion piper (who happened to be a lady) leading a pipers’ parade in a kilt worn with black stockings rather than socks.
Drac, be sure to post pictures of the lady in whatever skirt/kilt she settles on. I am sure she will look wonderful.
Regards,
Mike

[Bugbear]

I do think it is a valid point that a person's clothing should fit one's body.

I recall a lady friend, after helping me remove the basting stitches from my first kilt, then attempting to wrap it around herself, complaining that men don't have hips.

The same would go for the tuxedo and the three piece suit, if they are cut to fit the shape of the body of the person wearing them, but otherwise the style of a suit, all is well, at least in my mind...

[Drac]

That's kind of what this whole thread was about, the fact that a normally length kilt is a mini kilt on Amy -



As for fit I have some of the same issues quite frankly. I have hips and I have a rear. A significant rear. It really throws of fit and I have a really nice made kilt. One of these times I need to get to a kilt maker and be fitted instead of turning in measurements. They are both 42" but when you figure that I stick out as far back as I do front it kind of throws off the hang.

I would figure that if the maker is making it for women and has made them for women they would know to take a women's shape into account.

[Tobus]

Is the kilt a man's garment or not?

It occurs to me that one of the forum rules is that this forum is not for topics on "cross-dressing". So it's a legitimate question to ask: is the kilt a man's garment, or is it some sort of unisex garment? If it's a man's garment, then this entire discussion is about cross-dressing.

I don't mean to be inflammatory, and I certainly don't want to insult or offend anybody. But it's a fair question, don't you think?

[Drac]

Is the kilt a man's garment or not?

It occurs to me that one of the forum rules is that this forum is not for topics on "cross-dressing". So it's a legitimate question to ask: is the kilt a man's garment, or is it some sort of unisex garment? If it's a man's garment, then this entire discussion is about cross-dressing.

I don't mean to be inflammatory, and I certainly don't want to insult or offend anybody. But it's a fair question, don't you think?

So are shirts, shoes and socks/hose. At one time women wear concidered dressing inappropreately for wearing pants.

I did send in a question already to the Mods on weather the discussion of women in kilts would be concidered a banned/inflamitory topic but I will my opinion that to ban all women from the forum unless they only discuss garments for their husband/boy friend would remove a large part of the population.

At least one lady already admitted to wearing kilts. Is she to be banned (and at the time lose a valuable resource and crafter) because she has admitted to cross-dressing?

Jim

[wildrover]

For crissake, people...lighten up.

They're all technically SKIRTS. We call them KILTS, and we take offense to them being called skirts, and we look askance at women wearing what we call kilts, because the vast majority of men in the world (over 90%) are straight, and don't want to be identified as anything but. That is our resident elephant, deal with it & be willing to shovel the stable once in a while, or wear pants.

Get what you want, wear it how you see fit, try not to hijack anyone's cultural icons, and do your best to make sure that what you buy is cut to fit your body. "Most people"...9 out of 10 band members, and who knows about the general public...will likely agree that kilts are for men (if they even know what a kilt is), and skirts are for women, and the difference will be purely in the name, not the construction. Want to buck the trend? Hey, people are more accepting these days, but it would be great if explanation and education followed any bucking of the trend around the general public, because you would not believe some of the remarks I've heard from the UNkilted masses. (from a rollerderby girl, regarding a kilted regular at their matches: "...and he's not even gay!" She thinks kilts are dead sexy on men, btw...but keep that comment & the overwhelming general culture from which it originates in mind please, trend-buckers.)

!$#@%!#$$%#!!...

So Drac, get your ladyfriend a skirt, have it made like what we're calling a kilt if you want, or don't, I don't care. Just have it fitted, and swing the accessories feminine, and nobody is gonna care what you want to call it (at least, not much).

For example...a thread I posted a while back regarding recycling old kilt hose...a 20$ pair of triple turnover, charcoal gray, blend, cable knit hose became a pair of thigh highs, and the recipient has been wearing them lately with black calf-high boots and a gray skirt, and received all sorts of compliments. They would not look nearly as good on her, had they been rolled as a kilt sock. There are a couple young, feminine band members in the area...they wear their hems high, and their socks high as well, because it looks more feminine than the traditional hem line and turnover that men wear.

Hmmmm...can this be put in a nutshell? Maybe...I'll try...dress to fit your body type, and for the audience you prefer, and take note of what might be accentuated, hidden, or revealed by your clothing and how that will fit with your body and your intended audience, in light of the general attitudes expressed by most people in your culture.

No? Is that incorrect? Am I wandering around in left field?

She'll look great, get her one.

...And some thigh high knitted hose...sockdreams.com or something, IIRC. If she doesn't melt you and the rest of the men in visual range, check your (and their) pulses .

[KWD]

i do not want to come off like some slob drooling over anyone elses lady, But Drac, if that is your Lady friend in a Kilt he looks damn good in one I say get her more!

[Drac]

Like I said, I don't mind her legs but my wife is a bit uncomfortable in something that short. She definately has an opinion on what is age appropriate. She doesn't feel a 42 year old lady should be wearing a mini no matter what her legs are like. Since I want to see her in this out fit more it is up to me to make sure she gets one she is comfortable in.

She really doesn't like the mid-calf style let alone the full length skirts.

Jim

[xman]

Women wear kilts, school uniforms and dancers, and that's not even talking band or kilted skirts.

Another thing I've seen done for ladies is a kilt which reaches just over the knee or to the bottom of the kneecap. The options for women are many.