Moncler Gamme Bleu A/W 2013 (Milan fashion show featuring 'haute couture' kilts)

**ShaunMaxwell** · 21st January 13, 07:16 AM

Egads! My eyes, my eyes!

Lets hope the looks in this line never catch on... (something tells me we're safe on that score).

SM

**Kiltboy** · 22nd January 13, 06:29 AM

CDNSushi, thanks for posting the link. My friends and I enjoyed the "show". It certainly is an avant-garde view of men's modern fashion. While I'll never wear anything like it (nor will I wear my sporran chain outside my jacket) we can see club-goers and some others adopting those looks.

**Tobus** · 22nd January 13, 08:34 AM

Most of what I saw made me want to gag. Honestly, if this ever went mainstream in men's fashion, it might make me want to stop wearing the kilt altogether, just to avoid anyone thinking that I'm somehow associated with ...that.

But - as is usual in these fashion shows, there were a couple of really cool things that might catch on. Or at least that I hope we might see. For instance, I really dig this jacket. It looks like a knit jacket with 'cable knitting' or other patterns in it whose names I don't know. I would not be interested in wearing the matching trousers (or the ninja/ski mask for that matter), but just the jacket by itself would be pretty unique. The length and cut looks like it would work very well with a traditional kilt. There was a white one and a charcoal one that I saw:

**brewerpaul** · 22nd January 13, 08:54 AM

As Tobus said there are a few things a person might glean from this showing and fit to their own style. All a bit over the top for me but I prefer more casual and traditional styles. Living in an area where putting on clean jeans or mossy oak is dressing up I tend to already stick out as their, not my, unusual. I also like the charcoal cableknit jacket and might even find plenty of times to wear it. Perhaps a brown tweed in the same jacket would be my choice. Thanks for sharing, it is always interesting to see what is being done with clothing and what people do and dont consider style.

**Thomas H** · 22nd January 13, 10:10 AM

Sporran with pants - I like it
The sporrans are nice - what are the swords thay are carrying ?
But yes the jackets and the sporrans are cool

**creagdhubh** · 22nd January 13, 10:13 AM

**CDNSushi** · 22nd January 13, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Thomas H

The sporrans are nice - what are the swords thay are carrying ?

Ski poles.

Remember folks please bear in mind that this does fall into the domain of "haute couture" -- in other words, highly experimental, and only for show. 99% of haute never makes it beyond the catwalk. Haute is the embodiment of art in motion. It's like living sculpture. In women's "haute" fashion, most pieces are also not functional and remain only for show. So if you're thinking, "I'd never wear that -- that's okay. You're not supposed to. It's a concept -- not a "ready-to-wear" item.

But even if this were being presented as "ready-to-wear", this is not traditional Highland wear, nor is it supposed to be. Fashion is highly subjective, and I posted this in the "contemporary" area for a reason. I would say that this is just about as far removed from traditional kilts as Utilikilts, or any other modern incarnation, but no less legitimate. The background on this (from my understanding) is that this fashion house was "inspired" by trad. Highlandwear -- they weren't necessarily trying to re-create it.

Again -- it's fine if you find these outfits gag-worthy, (that's not why I posted this) but that is not the reason for them. The point is to see past the gag reflex to dream and inspire new styles and looks, and to explore the realm of future possibilities. If the show has done that, then I would say the goal has been achieved.

**mookien** · 22nd January 13, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

... Remember folks please bear in mind that this does fall into the domain of "haute couture" -- in other words, highly experimental, and only for show. 99% of haute never makes it beyond the catwalk. ...

CDNSushi: Please don't take offense at my comments. I wasn't criticizing the fashion statements as much as I was exposing my deplorable ignorance of "art in motion". I still think finger painting is fun and have a difficult time understanding the horse in Guernica, ... not to mention the light bulb.

mookien

**Thomas H** · 22nd January 13, 10:17 AM

This poor dog looks like he does not want to be seen with this guys ,

But if those are checked hose - look nice

**Tobus** · 22nd January 13, 11:34 AM

But if those are checked hose - look nice

Everything he's wearing looks like it's supposed to be riding gear (and indeed I see out-of-focus horses in the background), so those are just the patterned tops of his riding boots.