Kilts for Injured Servicemen?

[Mark's Mom]

Somewhere in the postings I recall a short comment about kilts being easier to wear than pants for men who have leg prosthetics and amputations. Has this been discussed previously? The reason this stuck in my mind is that I sometimes sew accommodator pants for injured service men. These are pants that have one or two large legs that have Velcro sideseams rather than zippers. When a serviceman has rods and braces inserted into his leg bones it is impossible to wear a regular pair of pants. The organization that heads this volunteer effort is called Sew Much Comfort. They feel that the accommodator pants give dignity to the injured men. If kilts are a lot easier to wear, and if a leg-injured serviceman wanted one, wouldn't it be nice to be able to offer one to him? Do you know if any volunteer Scottish organizations do this?

[kiltedwolfman]

I'm sure that if a post pops up here on X-Marks either from and injured serviceman or someone on his ( or her ) behalf some of the great members here would rally to accomodate.

[Riverkilt]

Great idea! Common sense! In the tartan of their service too.

[Steve Ashton]

Interestingly enough this forum has a long history of supporting those who do and have served their country.

Kilts have been made, and donated at times, to service members overseas and after their returns.

We recently had a post from a woman who wanted to give her servicemember husband a kilt to celebrate his safe return. One member messaged the kilt maker who said they had access to the proper fabric with an offer to pay the full cost of having the kilt made and shipped to the returning soldier.

I sure that if the representitives of the organization you speak of were to contact me first via email or PM to insure we stay within the bounderies of our rule # 10 that they would be pleasantly surprised at the outpouring of support.

[Mark's Mom]

That is good to hear that the forum is already supportive of injured servicemen and that kilts have been made for them. I don't think Sew Much Comfort would make kilts. They have a hard time finding people who can sew well enough to make the accommodator pants.

The soldiers they make pants for are either bed- or wheelchair-bound for many, many months as they heal. After thinking about the idea, I realized that a kilt made for one of them would have to be contructed out of a washable fabric. At this point, the government doesn't provide these patients with any garmenst except hospital gowns, but it's possible that a kilt may not be the most practical one after all because of the volume of fabric in back.

Perhaps Kilted Wolfman is right. It might be best to wait for a request.