Veggie/vegan Kilt wearers out there?

[JWright]

Hi! Me and my fiance are vegetarians and wondered if anyone out there has successfully found kilt apparel without leather, wool etc

If you're not veg you can get kilt packages, but I know people generally prefer to get individual bits so they can choose where to save and where to spend etc. I'm sure us veggies would love to get a kilt package to save the fuss tbh

Thanks!

[dutchy kilted]

Acrylic and poly viscous (PV) materials would fit the bill. PV looks and feels like wool so it looks great when made into a kilt.

A lot of modern kilts are also made with cotton and poly-cotton materials. (Utilikilt, Amerikilt, NationKilt.)

As far as jackets, vests, etc, that might be more difficult unless you are willing to go with linen.

You can probably find a cotton belt but I doubt it would work well with a kilt.

[davidg]

As far as jackets, vests, etc, that might be more difficult unless you are willing to go with linen.

Not necessarily. I would suggest asking your friendly highland outfitter to arrange a Cut, Make & Trim (CMT) jacket with their suppliers using a Polyester cloth. Marton Mills make suitable poly and PV fabric that would fit the bill and any highland outfitter supplying from any of the major jacket manufacturers should be able to arrange this kind of special for you

[Chirs]

dutchy kilted has pretty much covered it. Consider what you want in a kilt and what you'll be wearing it for. There are some very nice PV that may pass as a formal kilt, and something casual can be had in many fabrics. If I can add hemp to the list, check out R-Kilts.

[Downunder Kilt]

You have already been recommended PV material kilts and I agree. One of the members of the forum, Hothir Ethelnor, a tailor, had created a PV tartan jacket in the past, and the Scottish Tartans Museum are currently offering linen jackets and waistcoats. Hope this has been of some help

[xman]

Another thought is to source ethically or organically produced wool where you can be certain of the care and proper husbandry of the animals and to have that dyed and woven to your needs. I'm not sure about your ideological standpoint, but from an ecological viewpoint nothing beats natural materials. I'm a pescatarian myself. *wave*

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I have lots of vegetarian friends and none of them have a problem wearing wool -- in fact most I would say have a marked preference for natural fibers over man-made. So I'm just curious why a vegetarian would want to avoid wool cloth? After all, the sheep need shearing, it's part of good animal husbandry. It's actually quite distressing and unhealthy for them not to be sheared.

I'm not asking to be antagonistic, I'm just curious.

[Paul Henry]

I have lots of vegetarian friends and none of them have a problem wearing wool -- in fact most I would say have a marked preference for natural fibers over man-made. So I'm just curious why a vegetarian would want to avoid wool cloth? After all, the sheep need shearing, it's part of good animal husbandry. It's actually quite distressing and unhealthy for them not to be sheared.

I'm not asking to be antagonistic, I'm just curious.

I don't eat meat at all, but I have no problem with wool, like Matt I don't want to be contentious, but products like wool are much more environmently sound, at least over petrol-chemical products like acrylic or ones which require a huge ammount of chemical processing like PV.

The shearing of sheep for wool is necessary and doesn't injure the animals.There are some companies who offer an organic or friendly approach to sheep rearing , perahps those are areas you could look at as well.

Having said that, if a client of mine wants a kilt made in any fabric I will do my best to assist , I often make kilts out of cotton or linen, and there subsistutes for leather straps , and I can forgo the use of beeswax as well.

[SlackerDrummer]

From another thread on vegan sporrans, which is probably the bigger issue for you.

A 2-second search on the googles found this http://www.vegansporrans.co.uk/ and this http://www.vegetariansporran.com/ among a million other hits

The website for the "Vegetarian Sporrans" sucks, but they have a broader range. IMO the "Vegan Sporrans" are just ugly.

[piperdbh]

So I'm just curious why a vegetarian would want to avoid wool cloth?

Some hardcore vegans don't use any animal products at all, not even honey. I'm not one of them, as you know.

I'm not asking to be antagonistic, I'm just curious.

We wouldn't expect anything else.