My first wearing of the great kilt

[turpin]

OK, it was on Halloween, which accounts for the blue paint - not Wallace, but his pal Hamish's dad (the one who got wounded in every fight). My daughter had been watching Alex Cameron demonstrate the great kilt at Stone Mountain for years and was excited to help me out. Here are a couple of ways I wore it:

Apron corners tied and over the neck, plaid pulled through the loop


Plaid pulled through the loop and worn as a hood and cape


Donning it in the more commonly seen configuration


I really liked how it feels. It made me think of trying some of my 18 oz material this way - too bad it is such a pain to get pleated up nicely for wearing.

[GMan]

Great pictures, I especially like the first picture.

[gilmore]

...- too bad it is such a pain to get pleated up nicely for wearing.

The pleats can easily be sewn in to a strip of sturdy material and made permanent. I have a clergy tartan great kilt like that that I have been thinking of wearing to our next dressy event.

[turpin]

The pleats can easily be sewn in to a strip of sturdy material and made permanent. I have a clergy tartan great kilt like that that I have been thinking of wearing to our next dressy event.

I thought of doing that. It works well for you? I guess you'd want to pleat, press the pleats, then sew in the waist cloth.

[acstoon]

Nice pix!
Looks very good on you!

Another convert to the feile mor?

I'm definitely hooked on the versatility of the breacan an fheilidh!
Hardly wear my modern kilts any more, since getting my feile mor!
It gets easier to pleat, as you go... but one of the beauties of the beast is it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect.
Now, granted, I'm a very casual personality, but I just feel more "at home" in a feile mor.

[gilmore]

I thought of doing that. It works well for you? I guess you'd want to pleat, press the pleats, then sew in the waist cloth.

It works. I did not do it, to be honest, it was like that when I got it. Whether to press the pleats depends, I guess, on if you want to make a permanent decision on its looking dressy and formal (pressed) or costumey and re enactorish (not pressed.) Of course, probably no one but die hard kilt wearers would probably notice the difference. If you decided on the former, I see no reason why you couldn't even sew the pleats down as far as the fell as is done in a modern kilt.

[turpin]

If you decided on the former, I see no reason why you couldn't even sew the pleats down as far as the fell as is done in a modern kilt.

I don't think I'd take it that far. It sort of negates the whole ancient-ish original-ish attraction of the GK. I would, however, go so far as to sew in the pleats at the waist to a stabilizer, like a bit of duck cloth or some such.

a project for later... probably much later.

[ccga3359]

It looks great perhaps a little too neat. I like how the blue mascara detracts from the slight leathery smell.

[cessna152towser]

Looking good.
Not the most practical of garments - I have a friend who occasionally wears the great kilt and his wife has to help him get into it.

[pipesndrumsnun]

Very nice!