Made it in Todays Canadian National Newspaper

[Graham]

besides Tansmania sounds exotic...all of us kiltmakers want to say we have kilts in Tasmania.

I've been used!!!!
(only kidding mate)

I'll soon have one of your sporrans in Tasmania, so that counts!
BTW great article, it will do a lot to promote kilts, every bit counts.

Jamie.....wochit! [/code]

[Bill]

Outstanding! Thats one of the best articals I've seen lately. Good for you Robert.

[Canuck]

[quote="Graham

I've been used!!!!
(only kidding mate)

[/quote]
Yes Sir; you have. For my personal gain! Spinning the facts...wagging the dog....
However of all the places mentioned I have sold and sent kilts and sporrans. Someday I may send a kilt to Tasmania and you may have another friend with a kilt.
Hmmm one of my daughters also wears GREEN fishnets with her kilt as well....(Robert is seen ducking behind his computer dodgining the projectiles that are coming from down under)

[Canuck]

Thanks Bill and Rob. I've been fortunate about the articles written about my kilts. We shall see how many more will get into wearing this wonderful garment.
Cheers
Robert

[Graham]

Yes Sir; you have. For my personal gain! Spinning the facts...wagging the dog....
However of all the places mentioned I have sold and sent kilts and sporrans. Someday I may send a kilt to Tasmania and you may have another friend with a kilt.

Robert, you may "use" me any time you wish, I'm as keen as you are to promote kilts.
You never know, one day I may let my hair down and order a leather kilt

But for now, there are so many tartans left Tartan matches green tights much better

[bubba]

Green leather kilt with green tights maybe?

[Canuck]

Green leather kilt with green tights maybe?

I think Hank has to start a new forum! "Shades of Graham in Green". I know he's on his way with a green sporran so we will have to come up with outfits that match. Hats, shoes hose(tights) etc. ( Now Robert is seen disapperaing into the horizon far from anything down under )
Cheers

[RockyR]

That article needs to saved here, this is agreat article, I am printing it and giving it to my wife THANKS!!!

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Mastering kiltic cool

Robert Pel, a former Stratford Festival stage manager, makes the age-old skirt covetable

By DIANE SEWELL
Special to The Globe and Mail
Saturday, September 11, 2004 - Page L5




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STRATFORD, ONT. -- Piers Fox is tired of jeans and label clothes. The 15-year-old Grade 10 student is intent on striking out with his own brand of back-to-school style. That's one reason he's wearing a kilt. "When people comment I'm wearing a skirt, I just laugh. I don't care. I'm tired of seeing people who are completely controlled by what TV tells them to be and say and wear."

The wraparound, pleated kilt dates back to the 1700s, but what Piers and a growing number of young people are being drawn to are the modern metal-studded, rivet-jewelled denim versions, made by Robert Pel, a former Stratford Festival stage manager turned contemporary kilt maker.

"My kilts are rather rugged-looking because of the hardware and the leather straps," Pel says. "They look really funky and strong and sturdy -- and they have attitude, which is appealing to the kids."

The fact that some punk bands and musicians such as Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wear them has also influenced teen tastes, he adds.

Pel's six-yard, 20-pleat denim kilts are custom-made and functional. Each one comes with cargo pockets, and pockets within pockets big enough to transport CD players, MP3 players, cellphones and other assorted toys kids tend to carry around. The most popular colour with teens is black, followed by olive green. All of them are machine-washable.

A basic kilt costs $250 and takes a few days to "build," as Pel puts it. There's also a leather version, which he says kids "are lusting after," but the $750 price tag is prohibitive for most teens.

Pel has been building kilts for two years, selling them through his website and at shows. They've been shipped to Tasmania, Finland, England, the United States and all across Canada. With the proper measurements, he never needs to see his customers in person to get a good fit. That's because of the nature of the garment.

"There's leeway and that's the beauty of the kilt. Since a kilt is a wraparound garment, I always have a leeway of an inch to two inches on each one."

Teenage girls tend to wear their kilts above the knee; boys at the knee. "Some of the guys like them longer," Pel says, "but they don't look that good. Just breaking the knee is best."

Georgia McEwen-Hall, a 15-year-old from Guelph, Ont., was thrilled when her mother ordered two kilts from Pel at the recent Celtic Roots Festival in Goderich, Ont.; one for her and one for her 16-year-old brother. "I think kilts are so cool," McEwen-Hall says. "My brother's friends are actually jealous. One of them wanted to buy his."

Abby Dunfield, an 18-year-old high-school graduate who works at her mother's downtown bar and restaurant in Stratford, has the popular black kilt -- and so does her mother. "I just like it because it's not traditional," Dunfield says. "They're sturdy and plain and I like black. It's my favourite colour. They're also really comfortable."

These rivet-studded versions tend to invite some creative accessorizing as well. For McEwen-Hall, her kilt-centred look is a carefully crafted head-to-toe ensemble. "I'll probably wear mine with my garter belt and my green fishnet tights and maybe a band shirt and skate shoes."

[RockyR]

Green leather kilt with green tights maybe?

Sounds like a leprocon to me. :o

[Casey]

Robert,

Congratulations. One small step for malekind. One big hop for kilts.

Another Canadian does it. Yeah!!!!

Casey.