Kilt Do's and Don'ts

**Robin** · 6th June 07, 09:11 AM

Sometimes people are dressed "don't" because of these type of idiotic advertisements and unscrupulous salesmen, who don't give a damn about how a customer will look as long as they can sell them something.

Not all are educated (kiltwise) and rely on what they're told...by friends who don't know anything either or worse...by a "cunning" salesman.

At the Scottish Festival someone came to my stall to buy some accessories for the kilt he just bought. He used his trousers belt to prevent the kilt from dropping on the floor. The kilt was several sizes too big for him. when I told him this, he replied the guy who sold it to him told him that this was normal and a belt should keep a kilt from dropping.

I send him back to get a better fit or his money back...he got his money back...they didn't had a kilt in his size (doh!)
I send him to another kilt selling stall and he came back with a beautiful ex-rental Cameron of Erracht kilt and he looked great!

Some just don't know or get bad advise.

I still think it's a small effort to do some research before you buy a kilt

**beloitpiper** · 6th June 07, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Robin

I still think it's a small effort to do some research before you buy a kilt

Especially since kilts can be such an investment! Who woud spend (at the least) $100 without looking into it first?!?!

**Rampant Lion** · 14th June 07, 12:59 PM

So I was looking through a thread from another forum I'm a member of and found this picture.

Granted, it is a fantasy forum I found it on; so it's defnitely a costume. Still...

**McMurdo** · 14th June 07, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Rampant Lion

So I was looking through a thread from another forum I'm a member of and found this picture.

Granted, it is a fantasy forum I found it on; so it's defnitely a costume. Still...

I wonder if he is compensating for some shortcomings, of course as long a he is holding that great muckle sword I won't be the one to ask him.

**Zardoz** · 14th June 07, 02:10 PM

I think those are the clan symbols of MacTablecloth

**Knocko** · 14th June 07, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Rampant Lion

So I was looking through a thread from another forum I'm a member of and found this picture.

Granted, it is a fantasy forum I found it on; so it's defnitely a costume. Still...

This is a common sight at Renn Faires...this is this gentleman's attempt at being period (but non-SCA); but he is mixing fantasy and history and poorly at that. Wearing a tail is common at Ren Faires, but it's usually worn where...well...one might commonly find a tail

and that's not it. I find it interesting that he has both a tankard and a drinking horn...I guess he likes to two-fist his mead. The sword is a bit too fantasy and I won't even comment on that watch-looking thing...

Eventually, when I get some good pics of me in my great kilt, I'll post them. (My modern kilt, too...)

**Perldog007** · 14th June 07, 04:19 PM

Originally Posted by Knocko

This is a common sight at Renn Faires...this is this gentleman's attempt at being period (but non-SCA); but he is mixing fantasy and history and poorly at that. Wearing a tail is common at Ren Faires, but it's usually worn where...well...one might commonly find a tail

and that's not it. I find it interesting that he has both a tankard and a drinking horn...I guess he likes to two-fist his mead. The sword is a bit too fantasy and I won't even comment on that watch-looking thing...

Eventually, when I get some good pics of me in my great kilt, I'll post them. (My modern kilt, too...)

It's all relative, compared to soccer skirt man, this cousin is wrapped pretty tight....... but yeah, I have to agree with the above.

My general feeling is that for the kilt to come into modern acceptance, it has to evolve into a modern garment. Hopefully it can happen while preserving the traditions that make it such a grand garment.

Can't say that this strikes me as a step in the right direction. There is a lesson in that pic, but I lack to the fortitude and the will to uncover it.

But hey, if he is having a good time - he might be inspired to learn more. Let us pray.

**freddie** · 21st June 07, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Knocko

This is a common sight at Renn Faires...this is this gentleman's attempt at being period (but non-SCA); but he is mixing fantasy and history and poorly at that. Wearing a tail is common at Ren Faires, but it's usually worn where...well...one might commonly find a tail

and that's not it. I find it interesting that he has both a tankard and a drinking horn...I guess he likes to two-fist his mead. The sword is a bit too fantasy and I won't even comment on that watch-looking thing...

Eventually, when I get some good pics of me in my great kilt, I'll post them. (My modern kilt, too...)

In the olden days Scotsmen thought that the English had tails - so I doubt very much if they sported one!

**Bwana55419** · 14th June 07, 09:07 PM

I certainly appreciate this thread, and all the great advice.

I think once you accept work boots or tennis shoes or even a baseball cap as acceptable kilt accessories anything goes.

A few weeks back I saw a man out in a leather micro-Kilt, wearing a reversed fanny pack. Not something I would wear, but certainly just as valid.

**beloitpiper** · 15th June 07, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Bwana55419

I certainly appreciate this thread, and all the great advice.

I think once you accept work boots or tennis shoes or even a baseball cap as acceptable kilt accessories anything goes.

Well, I strongly disagree with that. Wearing boots with a kilt is far different from some of the examples on this (now 100 page!) thread. There is a difference between a modern, casual kilt and a MacTablecloth wrap.

And to go back to the Renn Faire guy, he looks too clean. I think he should walk around in mud, sweat through his shirt, and coat his...err..."kilt" in lamb's piss. That way, it would at least be approaching how Scotsmen looked back in the day!