Mountain Hardwear Men's Kilts

[GG]

I bought my Mountainkilt back in 2004. At that time MountainGear described it as a men’s garment. Since then they have started calling it a unisex garment. It has no pleats, as you can see from the picture.
It is extremely comfortable to wear, however, and is much better suitable for car driving than is a pleated garment. That said, I’m not wearing it very often, perhaps because it might not exactly be what you – and people around - call a kilt.

Greg

www.dress2kilt.eu

[cavscout]

I've not seen this mentioned here but stumbled on it over at the hiking forum Whiteblaze so figured I'd add it to this thread so readers could get a bit of history as well.

Apparently Mountain Hardware is redesigning their "kilt" into something that looks a whole lot more like a Kilt. Good on them!! Here's a pic and a brief description of the new features. It seems that it may not be on the market until spring of 2010 according to what they are reporting.

It's a darker color, has two cargo pockets instead of one (but no smaller left-hand front pocket), metal snaps instead of the plastic clips, and is pleated in the back.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...6&postcount=20

[g koch]

So when does the Pleated Mountain Hardware kilt roll out cuz it isnt on their site yet?

[cavscout]

Rumor has it spring of 2010. I'm getting this info from a guy who retails the current version in his store...

http://www.theoutfitteratharpersferr...let/Categories

[Pleater]

Oh! Interesting - it has a yoke at the top rather than shaped fell - normal for women's pleated garments - it saves a lot of fiddling about, time, exasperation and fabric too.

I might try that with some nice but narrow fabric - but I'd do the yoke double, to enclose the top edge completely.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[vorpallemur]

Oh! Interesting - it has a yoke at the top rather than shaped fell - normal for women's pleated garments - it saves a lot of fiddling about, time, exasperation and fabric too.

I might try that with some nice but narrow fabric - but I'd do the yoke double, to enclose the top edge completely.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

I'm working on a pattern to do this for my next kilt. (I'm drafting an actual pattern for this one. Doubled, with a split at the center back back (so the yoke is four pieces), continuing around and tapering to the just-forward-of-the-side side seams, where the front pocket openings will be. I'm rather unlikely to work in lightweight nylon, though!

[cavscout]

Let us see it when it's done. I've got several yards of rip-stop nylon lying around for hammocks that I've considered turning into a kilt, jsut too much else going on to start the project.

FYI: Walmart is a good source for rip-stop nylon off their $1/yard rack. Some times you can even find camo

[Bugbear]

I still think pteruges (Roman skirt armor) crossed with a kilt would be cool. I was thinking leather strips attached to a pleated fabric on the inside, but perhaps the leather strips could be replaced with a heavy duty fabric, like that nylon, covering no-roll waistband interfacing or something like that. You could arange them in box or knife pleats, too. Eh, just pondering.

[vorpallemur]

Let us see it when it's done. I've got several yards of rip-stop nylon lying around for hammocks that I've considered turning into a kilt, jsut too much else going on to start the project.

FYI: Walmart is a good source for rip-stop nylon off their $1/yard rack. Some times you can even find camo

I've got about four things I need to finish sewing before I even start. But, as most of my interesting (to me, maybe not to others) kilts have been, I'll post pics (and the pattern, probably, too) to the DIY board. I've got a 14 oz/yard very dark green denim that I'm planning to use for it. (I thought it was black when I bought it.)

[Heming]

I'm working on a pattern to do this for my next kilt. (I'm drafting an actual pattern for this one. Doubled, with a split at the center back back (so the yoke is four pieces), continuing around and tapering to the just-forward-of-the-side side seams, where the front pocket openings will be. I'm rather unlikely to work in lightweight nylon, though!

I think you'd get the best result if you interline the yoke as well, especially if you go for knife pleats. Otherwise I suspect there will be a very visible seam line at the bottom of the "fell" where all the layers of the pleats are sewed to the yoke. Medium-weight non-woven fusible will probably work.