Kilt shirts

[Alaskan]

Thanks.
I think I'll pick one up when I have some cash.

[highlandtide]

Now that is a right nice looking shirt. I like it much better than the trad Jacobite.

[al' Sporrano]

I have a bottle green jacobite shirt and a black leather swordsmans waistcoat which I've yet to wear.

My favourite kilt shirt is dark blue with a grandad style collar and no buttons. This is less 'costumey' than the jacobite and more versatile/functional.

Both are quite long and cover the nether regions, as you put it.

Al

[phil h]

I have a bottle green jacobite shirt and a black leather swordsmans waistcoat which I've yet to wear.

My favourite kilt shirt is dark blue with a grandad style collar and no buttons. This is less 'costumey' than the jacobite and more versatile/functional.

Both are quite long and cover the nether regions, as you put it.

Al

lets have a look then, post some pix, that goes for the rest of you too, post some pix
some nice shirts here too
http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?id=81&step=2

[Hamish]

I have three so-called Jacobean shirts - cream, navy and bottle green - but I'd like a grey one if anyone knows where they are to be found.

They can be a bit 'costumey' for everyday wear, but are great for the odd evening out in the summer, when worn with a leather Potaine waistcoat. The secret is to wear 'em casual, and to be casual!

As for length: well, they may not be quite long enough for what some people seem to be wanting them to do, but they're plenty long enough for me. I just do not understand this obsession some guys have with hygeine - are they unable to keep themselves clean? But let's not go down that route!

Here's me in the bottle green shirt:

[Chris]

I have a bottle green jacobite shirt and a black leather swordsmans waistcoat which I've yet to wear.

My favourite kilt shirt is dark blue with a grandad style collar and no buttons. This is less 'costumey' than the jacobite and more versatile/functional.

Both are quite long and cover the nether regions, as you put it.

Al

lets have a look then, post some pix, that goes for the rest of you too, post some pix
some nice shirts here too
http://www.reliks.com/merchant.ihtml?id=81&step=2

I love those knights' tunics, but would never have occasion to wear one!

[Robbie]

Personally I don't much care for the jacobite/jacobean shirts - too much like escapees from a re-enactment group for my taste. An ordinary shirt with tails would surely serve the desired purpose but in this respect I share Hamish's puzzlement at this obsession some seem to have that they must have something between certain parts of the anatomy and the kilt.

I also totally agree with Hamish's suggestion that if you must wear one then it is best worn casually - unfortunately too many seem to be wearing them with a waistcoat as "alternative" formal attire, where I think it looks like the equivalent of wearing a sports jacket and open-necked shirt to a "black tie" do.

[Alaskan]

I share Hamish's puzzlement at this obsession some seem to have that they must have something between certain parts of the anatomy and the kilt.

It may not be a problem in England or Scotland, and if I was still in Alaska it wouldn't be a problem, either. However, when the temperature gets over 30 degrees celcius and the humidity is higher than you would believe... you tend to sweat. Even if you aren't doing anything active, and I am an active person.

I don't know about you, but if I am sweating directly from that part of my body onto any fabric, I will want to wash that fabric before I put it on again. I don't want to have to take my kilt to the dry cleaners every day, either.

[Raphael]

Perphaps you should buy a kilt that made out of Polyester/Viscose (65% polyester/35% viscose). It is machine washable and probably cooler than a wool kilt.

[Alaskan]

I am pretty narrow-minded in what I consider a kilt.
According to dictionary.com a kilt is "A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands."
Although it does say "usually" of tartan wool, but to me, if it isn't made of wool... then it really isn't a kilt.
I know most of the people on this forum wear kilts that are made of other fabrics, and that is great if that is what you want to wear.
However, personally if someone makes any comments about what I am wearing I want to be able to tell them "this is a kilt, not a skirt." In order to feel that I am right when I say that, there needs to be a clear line in my mind between what is a kilt and what is a skirt. So to me a kilt needs to be made of tartan wool, and sewn in the traditional way.
Also, being in Japan I want to be able to explain to people that it is a traditional Scottish garment, and I couldn't say that about a kilt that wasn't made of wool without feeling that I was lying.