School girls' kilts

[Iolaus]

My parents should have a couple of photos in their albums. I will ask them for a copy. Might take a few weeks as they are in UK, and I am in Canada.

Mike

I don't think that's the kind of pictures he meant. ;)

[Sherry]

I have seen girls' school skirts called kilts, & they don't resemble the classic Victorian kilt at all. It just seems to be what school skirts are called nowadays.

Quite a few styles of clothing from Victorian times are now considered classics, among them the kilt for both boys & girls, tartan itself, sailor-style outfits, tams, dropwaist dresses, and smocking.
Sherry

[Archangel]

My memories are similar to above. The kilts were the same, the difference would be the sporran. The belt would be a factor too, but that's probably a fit issue. Remember that in Scotland, UK, school uniforms would include a belt so it would be worn to identify the school in public.

Geoffrey kilts brochure states they are the same, except women's are made lighter fashion, comfort and "shape".

[Shay]

Just a quick note- the kilts wouldn't really have to be a different shape for elementary girls and boys- the girls don't get hips and waist really until puberty.

[Jewddha]

Maybe I'll ring up a friend and ask if I try hers out to see how different they feel......Or not. But in all seriousness, i think that "a mans kilt" also has much deeper pleats than a "schoolgirls kilt" (at least those of modern-day)