Belted plaid in 2019

[jthk]

Im not trying to be a stick in the mud, Kilt Kop or anything, I just get different looking results, even when I use doublewide material, not 2 lengths of single butted together. It's only been in the last few years that I have even been able to get proper single width.

Luke: I would welcome pictures of your own belted plaid if you feel so inclined.

Best,
J

[bodhran4me]

jthk,

The pleats loo really good for such a garment. I would be interested in a pic or two , front and back, of it off the shoulder and tied about the waist.

[jthk]

jthk, The pleats loo really good for such a garment. I would be interested in a pic or two , front and back, of it off the shoulder and tied about the waist.

I put the same belted plaid on today, with just a T-shirt so you could see the pleating. When I wear it in this manner (again: NOT documented by historical evidence), the soft fabric belt is holding the kilt on but then I wear a wide leather belt to smooth things over; it helps that part of the kilt from being bulky. The belt also serves as an attachment point for a variety of things, including sticking the kilt under it to fashion pockets or, in this situation, to simply get the two long front aprons out of the way.



Best,
Jonathan

[javankrona]

So to understand, or clarify what you have here:
1. I am assuming that this is an in-pleated, single piece of tartan?
2. The pleats are formed by the folds you form, leaving an unpleated (or unfolded) width at each end, serving as the apron and under apron?

[jthk]

So to understand, or clarify what you have here:
1. I am assuming that this is an in-pleated, single piece of tartan?
2. The pleats are formed by the folds you form, leaving an unpleated (or unfolded) width at each end, serving as the apron and under apron?

What I'm wearing is one piece of tartan, 4 yards long by 55-ish inches wide. I lay it on my bed and pleat the middle, with aprons on either side. Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R71wNqcRn7k. That's the general idea. However, I prefer Isaac Walter's depiction here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peI1LSpTVVk&t=31s. However, the maple leaf tartan that I have here doesn't have belt loops yet so I pleat it every time I put it on.

Best,
Jonathan

[bodhran4me]

Thanks for the extra pics. I like the belted plaids down with the extra swing. Historically accurate or not it is likely the neatest pleats, waist and aprons I have seen in this style.

Oddly enough , just this morning I think I watched the video you linked (I am at work on a mobile so can't be sure). I always had trouble believing that people would take such care to make pretty pleats while lying in the wet, dirty ground . I do prefer the look it achieves as being neater and less poofy than that as demonstrated in the video with the loops.

Okay, I'm taking cover before I get taken to task by all the reenactors, traditionalists modernist and all those in between.

[jthk]

I think that the original people who wore this garment on a daily basis probably wore it in a manner similar to Isaac's video. However we do live in 2019 and if I'm going to walk around in this world of ours then I'm going to try and make the kilt as neat and tidy as possible. Further, with the back long, most of my local people simply see it as another kilt.

Please note that I put this thread in the contemporary subforum for a reason. 🤗🤓

Thanks for the extra pics. I like the belted plaids down with the extra swing. Historically accurate or not it is likely the neatest pleats, waist and aprons I have seen in this style.

Oddly enough , just this morning I think I watched the video you linked (I am at work on a mobile so can't be sure). I always had trouble believing that people would take such care to make pretty pleats while lying in the wet, dirty ground . I do prefer the look it achieves as being neater and less poofy than that as demonstrated in the video with the loops.

Okay, I'm taking cover before I get taken to task by all the reenactors, traditionalists modernist and all those in between.

[Luke MacGillie]

Here are a couple photos of a belted plaid I made up a year and a half ago, perhaps 2 now. What some of us have started calling the Mk1 custom run of Govt Sett tartan. Not the best photos, I know......

[Luke MacGillie]

Luke: I would welcome pictures of your own belted plaid if you feel so inclined.

Best,
J

J,

I will happily post. Will be this evening, as I will have to hunt for the perfect photos, or edit out all the evil swords, dirks, pistols and muskets that "Sneak" into photos of me in a belted plaid and cause Admins and Mods to Admonish me.