Kilt Do's and Don'ts

**Andrew Breecher** · 11th April 06, 02:19 PM

Let's not forget this one:

Andrew.

**Rob Wright** · 11th April 06, 02:21 PM

Andrew that klingon pic isn't that bad, nice weathered looking tartan actually goes with the rest of the outfit!

Rob

**Andrew Breecher** · 11th April 06, 03:14 PM

Yes, but he's a Klingon....

Andrew.

**Robin** · 11th April 06, 03:28 PM

Stop it! ....please!!!!!!

**Livingston** · 11th April 06, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

aye- thot happened wi my brother... he went tae a wedding in Arizona an the entire weddin' party wuz back tae front... they a' told him HE wuz wrang...

then he shewed them a wee pic o me and a few other kilted men he had wi him...

they got sorted oot jus in the knick o time....

One of the guys I work with wore a kilt in a couple years ago. He had the pleats on the left and the aprons on the right....about 90 degrees off. Filled him in real quick and he turned it. Good thing no one else was in yet.

**The Supreme Canuck** · 11th April 06, 03:45 PM

How about this guy:

Not right. Not right at all.

**MacConnachie** · 11th April 06, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by The Supreme Canuck

How about this guy:

Not right. Not right at all.

I blame these sorts of sartorial gaffes on the "Immaculate Deception" material girl, you know the one (like I'm going to post HER name, here!), given the inordinate hem/selvedge lengths of the kilts on the men in the troupe for one of her more recent shows.

Interesting that the word "travesty" is from a root word that has to do with not dressing particularly "well."

As to the various pics, the lads with the plaids wrapped around them (you know, the bedsheet and tablecloth pic) had the material coming off of their right shoulder. I was always told that only the wimmin folk had the option of wearing a plaid hanging or wrapped that way, and that a man always wrapped the plaid around the body from lower right to upper left, with tie-off, pin, or what-have-you located at the left shoulder. Either that, or wearing a filidh mor pinned up over both shoulders from the back, for the lads.

The pleats in the front trick is not all that uncommon, but with the wide range of examples available for all to see out there these days, I don't know why it is that some folks still get it wrong. When you're renting kilts for a wedding party, or shelling out hundreds to more than a thousand for enough kilts to clothe a groom and several groomsmen, wouldn't it be logical to do enough research to have that basic idea (aprons up front, pleats to the rear) down?

**davedove** · 11th April 06, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by MacConnachie

When you're renting kilts for a wedding party, or shelling out hundreds to more than a thousand for enough kilts to clothe a groom and several groomsmen, wouldn't it be logical to do enough research to have that basic idea (aprons up front, pleats to the rear) down?

Or why don't the rental shops help them out with a little basic instruction. I know when I was in a wedding party with tuxes, there were fittings.