If I may Johnathan,
I am taking down and hanging kilts all day in my shop.
We have a lot of kilts and hundreds of hangers. We simple can not afford to spend a fortune on hangers.
Also, over the years, we have tried just about every way of hanging a kilt that has ever been tried.
The problem is that a full 16oz wool kilt can sometimes weigh over 4 pounds or 2kg.
Most kilt hangers offered by other vendors have you fold your kilt much the way it is worn. The hanger must then go over three or four layers. They just will not open that far and still hold the weight.
One day I tried using two hangers and VIOLA!!!!! it stayed.
What I found is that it is not the hanger that is the secret to hanging a kilt.
I can use fairly inexpensive hangers in my shop and I teach this to all my customers.
First. Don't bother with expensive hangers. I buy these plastic clip hangers in bulk for about a dollar apiece. You can actually find these anywhere and most department stores will give you them for free.
You can also use standard pants hangers almost all of us have these already.
To hang your kilt - open the kilt all the way. (the kilt I am using is my Tewksbury traditional kilt which is very heavy)
Then, fold the kilt in half. Bring the two aprons together.
Put one hanger on the aprons, and another on the pleats.
Then fold the kilt in half once again.
The jaws of the Hanger are only having to go over two layers of kilt.
I am confidant that you will find that your kilt is hung securely and wrinkle free.
And the really great part is that very little expense is involved.
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