Saffron Kilt Ideas

[MacKenna]

I've sifted through a numbe of articles as well as threads on this forum with regards to Irish Kilts. With my last name the closest thing I could find to a Tartan was three different shades of Red/Burgundy and Yellow for County Monaghan. I currently own a Black Watch Great Kilt and Black Watch Sport Kilt. I'd like to go with something a bit different.


Formal Kilts seem to be standard as to what your dos and don'ts are as well as what the proper attire is.

I have a local Rennaisance Festival coming up. Minus spending hundreds of dollars on a Great Kilt w/fly plaids, etc. etc. etc., I'm seriously considering a Saffron Kilt. From what I've read and Googled, you're either in Piper garb, Military or sporting a standard shirt w/ the Saffron . I want to go down a different route and lose the modern t-shirt and a Kilt look for something a bit closer to a Renn look.

Let me know what you guys think:

1. http://www.stillwaterkilts.com/heavyweightkilts.html
- Saffon Kilt from Stillwater

2. I have a beautiful pair of Black George Boot - Logging Boots that I wear every year.

3. A Portain or a Swordsman Vest (I think) would look great with a Jacobite Ghillie shirt underneath.

4. Maybe Green Hose?

I'm trying to take a modern look and add a bit of renn twist to it. To be honest, I think this color would look great with Brown Boots, Dark Brown Vest, Brown Belt with a Brown Sporran?

Ideas, suggestions?

[kiltbook]

Sounds good, Jacobite garb is great. The brown vest, belt, and sporran should look good. Just be aware that some authorities on Highland Dress feel that any shoes worn with a kilt should be black.

To your health. Slainte'

[MacKenna]

Sounds good, Jacobite garb is great. The brown vest, belt, and sporran should look good. Just be aware that some authorities on Highland Dress feel that any shoes worn with a kilt should be black.

To your health. Slainte'

True and I sort of agree with it Can you do Black and Brown? I normally try to apply my Suit Basics - Black and Brown make a frown

[Chas]

True and I sort of agree with it Can you do Black and Brown? I normally try to apply my Suit Basics - Black and Brown make a frown

Hi MacKenna,

If you go to the picture threads, you will find a large thread about Prince Charles. He will quite regularly mix black and brown leather. If he can - you can.

Regards

Chas

[Downunder Kilt]

MacKenna, you are going to a Renfaire and from what I have seen on this forum, they have nothing to do with traditional highland civilian dress whatsoever. To me, they appear to be fantasy days where you go to have fun, be entertained and gawk at the various costumes. From photos posted on this forum, I have seen little regard as to what colour goes with what in the variety of costumes. Take the day as what it's meant to be for, fun and fantasy. Use the search funtion on this site and you will find plenty of renfaire pics.
Have a great day when you go

[MacKenna]

You guys are absolutely right. This I'll have fun with. Next year we're getting married in Scotland so i'm sure i'll have a great number of questions

Does anyone know where i can pickup a real natural(thick woolen) looking Kilt Hose State side? It looks like CDNSushi has a real nice pair. I like it how the coloring is a bit faded out so that it doesn't over take the Saffron. Again, I think for this outfit a black or dark green would be too much.



Color? Lovat, Anc Green?

[CDNSushi]

Does anyone know where i can pickup a real natural(thick woolen) looking Kilt Hose State side? It looks like CDNSushi has a real nice pair. I like it how the coloring is a bit faded out so that it doesn't over take the Saffron. Again, I think for this outfit a black or dark green would be too much.

MacKenna,

What I'm wearing in that photo is a pair of lovat green kilt hose by Brewin & Co. in the UK. (They have a web shop if you do a quick Google search)... I wouldn't call them thick, however, (in fact, Brewin hose are all quite thin, but very inexpensive) and the fading is probably due to having washed them a few times.

My most recent acquisition was a pair of lovat green pipers' hose from Freedom Kilts. If (and when) I need another pair, that's what I'd aim for. The tops are nice and thick, and they stay up very well, whereas the Brewin hose have a tendency to slide down my legs to my ankles after a few hours of wear.

[MacKenna]

MacKenna,

What I'm wearing in that photo is a pair of lovat green kilt hose by Brewin & Co. in the UK. (They have a web shop if you do a quick Google search)... I wouldn't call them thick, however, (in fact, Brewin hose are all quite thin, but very inexpensive) and the fading is probably due to having washed them a few times.

My most recent acquisition was a pair of lovat green pipers' hose from Freedom Kilts. If (and when) I need another pair, that's what I'd aim for. The tops are nice and thick, and they stay up very well, whereas the Brewin hose have a tendency to slide down my legs to my ankles after a few hours of wear.

Thanks for the info!

[Leoghan]

ill ad my 2 cents here, i for one think brown works much better with saffron, brown leather goods with brass buckles and such. I'm not a fan of black leather anyway on any kilt but thats just my opinion and know black is the norm. best of luck with what you decide.

[O'Callaghan]

Most people who go to RenFest in kilts wear a shoulder plaid of some kind so as to look somewhat as if they were wearing a great kilt, the only type of kilt that falls within the nominal historical period that it is meant to cover, but of course the Irish never wore the great kilt, and those who did may well have worn saffron shirts but most likely not saffron kilts.

I have considered getting a plaid to match one of my Irish tartan kilts, just to wear to Renfest. Not sure I can justify the expense, though.

Still, whatever you wear you will no doubt look more authentic than the guys wearing ladies' kilts with the buckles moved to the men's side, who are instantly detectable because their pleats run in the wrong direction. You will see many of those, probably including those who are there as 'cast'. Even my son spots them, and he has never worn a kilt.

I've even heard that in some places (although not locally to me) some people go to RenFest as Trekkies, supposedly transported back in time from the USSS Enterprise, or at least that's the only explanation for them that I can imagine.