Difference between a "dancing" kilt and any other, and liners?

[lethearen]

What does a dancer's kilt cost to make? My fiance has an aversion to "billie" kilts because of the length, and has been snooping around the dancer's area at Games to see if she can find one her size in a tartan that she will wear. Now I'm wondering if I can afford to have one made for her.

If I understand correctly, Barb was pretty much saying that a dancer's kilt is just a kilt. Tends to be lighter weight fabric, but otherwise just a kilt.

Scotweb (link in upper right of the forum) has women's mini-kilts for about 100$. You can specify how long to make it, so she could have it come to her knees if she wanted. As long as she doesn't mind its not being an 8-yarder something like that would could work, perhaps?

[St. Amish]

If I understand correctly, Barb was pretty much saying that a dancer's kilt is just a kilt. Tends to be lighter weight fabric, but otherwise just a kilt.

Right, I get that. I just have never purchased light weight material, so I assumed there would be some cost differential.

[St. Amish]

If I understand correctly, Barb was pretty much saying that a dancer's kilt is just a kilt. Tends to be lighter weight fabric, but otherwise just a kilt.

And now that I think about it more, it would take quite a bit less material to make an "8 yd" on her petite frame than the 9 yards of material it took for mine.

[Riverkilt]

My first hand sewn kilt was in a Lochcarron 10/11 ounce weight but that was the only weight wool that was available from the mills for that tartan. My kiltmaker assured me it would still work as a regular kilt.... And it has....in many venues for many years.

Ron

[Pleater]

Another cultural difference to add to all the others - here in Britain it is not considered all that unusual for men to dance.

In my day Scottish country dancing was taught at school, though I think it is out of fashion now.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[McMurdo]

WildRover
There are many of us on the forum who do Scottish Country Dancing perhaps that is something you could look into instead. I know that my own group is always looking for more men to join.

[Barb T]

In fact, it's a relatively new thing for women to compete in kilts in Highland dancing and dates from the 1940s and 50s. The Highland Fling, the Sword Dance, the Barracks, etc. were danced originally by men in the Highland regiments, and, until the early 1900s, only boys entered Highland dance competitions. Girls began to enter dance competitions in the early 1900s, but only in the traditional "Aboyne" costume, not in kilts. It's my understanding that women competing in kilts began in the 1940s and 1950s.

But - don't think that modern Highland dancing is for girls/women only, despite the small number of boys/men at a typical Highland games. Many of the winners at the world championship have been men.

Wildrover - any dance teacher would be delighted to add males to a dance class. Our local group has two adult males and has had several boys over the years.

[Friday]

Wildrover
There appears to be a couple of Scottish Dance Groups in Colorado you might want to check if the accept men.

Scottish Dance Net

This link lists Scottish Dance groups through out the world.

There are probably other groups and I have no connection with this one.

[wildrover]

Y'all may yet convince me to give this a shot . Thanks for the links!

...FTR, I agree with Hospitaller...tho the rules seem to state differently. The 1BSG guys were wearing, I assume, heavy kilts, and horsehair sporrans...for all I know, the weight balances out, front to rear, and nothing went flying nor did their kilts take on the characteristics of girls' skirts as I've seen when swing dancing. I don't think I'll have any problem jumping around in a kilt and sporran, unless the getup weighs more than about 30#, and I doubt it does!

Martin, I just split my sides at your accidental misspelling of "kilt" ...contextually there couldn't have been a better place to misspell it!

[johnnym]

I had noted several references to no kilt pins, but no reasons why. I guess MartinGrenoble tells it all. I would hate to get tangled up in someone else's kilt during an exhibition.

As for me, Highland dancing is out due to physical limitations. Still like to watch though.