Sporrans for lassies

[phil h]

my god is nothin' sacred

[kiltedscot]

Rhino wrote: women can wear kilts

Indeed, women can wear kilts just as men can wear skirts, but, as I have yet to see any lady in a pipe-band or adult female highland-dancer on whom a male-style kilts looks good, I rather think they shouldn't. I feel particularly sorry for the ladies in pipe-bands who have to wear kilts strictly tailored to the male-pattern; at least kilts for adult female highland-dancers are generally adjusted more to compliment the female figure.

[bear]

I don't have the right to tell anyone what they can or cannot wear, given they are well enough covered to avoid any legal problems.
I have sold exactly one kilt to a woman. She is in a pipe band but that didn't enter into any thoughts I had regarding a woman buying a Bear Kilt.
I'd love to have more orders from women. I think women look great in kilts, especially shorter kilts. (Rhino, you lucky so and so!)
I will sell a kilt to anyone who orders one from me.

Is there anyone else who should not wear kilts? Hindus? Sikhs? Muslims? Inuit?

[bubba]

Is there anyone else who should not wear kilts? Hindus? Sikhs? Muslims? Inuit?

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[Graham]

Don't put yourself down David, your opinion has the same value as everyone else here! I for one appreciate it!

[Alaskan Celt]

[Graham]

women can wear kilts just like they wear trousers.

Well, no they can't. Thompson discusses this in "So you're going to wear the kilt", I believe. A man's kilt is cut differently than a ladies skirt, so when a woman wears a man's kilt, it tends to over-emphasize their hips!! They may be able to "wear" the kilt, but a kilt is a man's garment. A kilted skirt in tartan: yes, that's fine, but technically, the kilt is a man's garment.

T.

I agree, I am reluctant to call a garment worn by a woman a "kilt", I prefer the term kilted-skirt, or pleated skirt.

My personal preference is to see them much longer than a kilt, even to floor length, they look fantastic, just as feminine as kilts are masculine to a man.

Having said that, as Bear says, who are we to police the issue.
If a lass wants to wear a sporran, let her, but I just don't like it.

[Northern Celt]

I'm not a member of the "fashion police", nor have I ever been accused of being fashionable. Usually I wear jeans and a T-shirt, and think of LL Bean as "dress-up". However, when I really dress up, I would prefer to wear a kilted skirt, or the floor length kilted skirt rather than a men's kilt. (If I was 30 years younger and 30 pounds lighter I would opt for the mini-kilt ).....OH, I just remembered, 30 years and 30 pounds ago my father-in-law gave me a kilted skirt that he bought on a trip to Scotland. This skirt was just above the knee in length which was standard for women's skirts at that time. The skirt was tailored for the female body, and was definately a kilted skirt, NOT a kilt.

[Rhino]

Good to have a ladies view point (what happened to Susan), I have to say I really enjoy this sort of thing. It's enjoyable for everyone to put forward their differing opinions without devolving into personal insult or becoming aggressive.
Graham wrote

who are we to police the issue

Absolutely this isn't important in the great scheme of things, but it's fun to exchange opinions. Thanks all.
Cheers Rhino

[macwilkin]

Bear wrote:

Is there anyone else who should not wear kilts? Hindus? Sikhs? Muslims? Inuit?

Well, the Sikhs have taken to the kilt & tartan, mostly due to Lord Singh, a Sikh gentleman who owns Little Castle near Glasgow. Lord Singh, a great deovtee of Robert Burns, had the bard's work translated into Punjabi, and is leading the campaign to rename Prestwick Airport to Robert Burns International. He also has designed a tartan for the Sikhs, known as the Sikh tartan. See this web site:

http://www.spiritborn.net/index.htm

The Sikh Regiment in the Indian Army wears the Rattray Tartan, in honour of Rattray's Sikhs, and the Clan Rattray Association still maintains close contact with the regiment.

The Gurkhas (now down to one regiment) wear the Douglas & Stewart Hunting tartans. They are Hindus. The Jordanian Army has a pipe band, the same with the Sultanate of Oman and Singapore contingent of Gurkhas. Jordan, Singapore and Oman have large Muslim populations.

I think the above examples are great and proof of how generous the Scots are with their national dress!

Bear: please don't get me wrong; I don't think for a minute that kiltmakers should refuse sale to anyone -- I was simply trying to point out that the kilt is "traditionally" a male garment. No offence intended.

T.