X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.

   X Marks Partners - (Go to the Partners Dedicated Forums )
USA Kilts website Celtic Croft website Celtic Corner website Houston Kiltmakers

User Tag List

Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 23
  1. #11
    Join Date
    29th September 05
    Location
    Grand Island, New York
    Posts
    2,140
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The Laird Vader finds yer want of faith disturbin'

    No, I just can't see James Earl Jones saying that ... or even Hayden Christensen, for that matter.

  2. #12
    Join Date
    15th June 07
    Location
    Austin, Texas
    Posts
    267
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    I don't know a lot about great kilts, but I can't see what's so wrong about how it is being worn. The way I understand it, the kilt was but a long length of material that a person rolled himself up into, slinging the remaining material over the shoulder or tying it around the waist.

    I'm sure that I'm overlooking some tedious detail that the learned kilt police have not.


  3. #13
    Join Date
    2nd October 07
    Location
    Denver, Colorado- a mile high, baby!
    Posts
    6,147
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by DireStraitsFan View Post
    I don't know a lot about great kilts, but I can't see what's so wrong about how it is being worn. The way I understand it, the kilt was but a long length of material that a person rolled himself up into, slinging the remaining material over the shoulder or tying it around the waist.

    I'm sure that I'm overlooking some tedious detail that the learned kilt police have not.

    I'm not KP- in fact, I am in hiding from them constantly- but that's not a great kilt. It's a regular modern kilt with a sash over the shoulder.
    "Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.

  4. #14
    Join Date
    2nd July 08
    Posts
    1,365
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    A lot of people at Renfairs wear a philabeg and then wear a sash as well to try to ape a great kilt. I had been wondering whether to do the same thing myself. The only time so far that I have worn a kilt at the local Renfest I seemed to be dressed differently than all the other kiltwearers, but the bigger difference was that I was wearing a modern T-shirt, and every other kilt wearer had on one of those so-called ghillie or Jacobite shirts.

    I had contemplated getting a ghillie shirt and a sash for next year's Renfest. After all, I don't intend getting a great kilt just to wear once a year. OTOH, the way I was dressed, i.e. as a modern guy who just happened to be wearing a kilt, might be the better option, even if it does place me in a category of one.

    What say you, X-markers? Get a sash, and/or get a ghillie shirt, or save my money and go the way I was dressed last time?

  5. #15
    Join Date
    7th May 09
    Location
    Oslo, Norway
    Posts
    359
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    the kilt is also on sideways, folks...

    That's a new one for me. Backwards is almost understandable, but how do you get to "I'm sure the pleats should be on the right"?
    Vin gardu pro la sciuroj!

  6. #16
    Join Date
    31st December 05
    Posts
    1,708
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The kilt police have chosen not to deal with this one. The Force is too strong. And if "Lord Vader" chooses not to buy the kilt police a certain style of drink, well, fooey on him, anyway.

  7. #17
    BEEDEE's Avatar
    BEEDEE is offline
    Retired Forum Moderator Chairman
    Join Date
    8th January 07
    Location
    Tinopai, New Zealand
    Posts
    4,927
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The farce is with you. (And it is not a misspelling)

    Brian

    In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.

  8. #18
    Join Date
    15th June 07
    Location
    Austin, Texas
    Posts
    267
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Heming View Post
    the kilt is also on sideways, folks...

    That's a new one for me. Backwards is almost understandable, but how do you get to "I'm sure the pleats should be on the right"?
    I think you guys are seeing way more detail than I am. Which sort of reinforces a larger point that I was alluding to. But I'll leave it alone at that.



  9. #19
    Join Date
    2nd July 08
    Posts
    1,365
    Mentioned
    1 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by DireStraitsFan View Post
    I think you guys are seeing way more detail than I am. Which sort of reinforces a larger point that I was alluding to. But I'll leave it alone at that.


    I think the're right and it is on sideways, but half the front of the kilt is covered by the shoulder plaid. I wasn't looking for it, because I assumed it was a great kilt, but I think you can see the edge of the outer apron just to the right of the shoulder plaid. I wouldn't say it exactly jumped out at me, though. When I first looked all I saw was a great kilt, not a sideways kilt with a shoulder plaid.

  10. #20
    Join Date
    27th October 09
    Location
    Kerrville, Texas
    Posts
    5,711
    Mentioned
    8 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    It was hard for me to see too, but it does seem that the edge of the apron is at his front.

    This isn't a great kilt, though, is it? It looks like a philabeg with a 'day plaid' over his shoulder.

    What tartan is it? I couldn't find the Empire's tartan in any registry.

Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

» Log in

User Name:

Password:

Not a member yet?
Register Now!
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.0