Pink Kilt...?

[Alan H]

You could hunt for a random pink tartan online and make knockaround kilts for the wedding, or even tartan X-Kilts. They go together fast, will work OK for a non-formal wedding and an X-Kilt won't break the bank if the thing is unwearable afterwards.... which I suspect it might be.

the groomsmen can give them to sew-savvy wives and girlfriends who can pull out a mess of pleats and narrow the over-apron and call them skirts.

Random Pink Tartan on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PINK-GREY-TART...QQcmdZViewItem

I actually like that....Huh.. I'd probably wear that. It's a twill weave, though it's not worsted, not a "kilt finish" at all but it'd probably be OK. It's 3 meters long and 155 cm wide, so plenty for a 6-yard-plus kilt. Might look pretty reasonable.

You could also go solid-color

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Y-100-ORGANIC...QQcmdZViewItem

Personally I'd not be caught dead in an X-Kilt made out of that stuff and if my bride asked me to wear it I'd tell her that I loved her to pieces but No. But that's me. Banging out 4 X-kilts in solid pink would work, or if you don't like X-Kilts just make simple knife-pleated knockaround casual kilts. Sounds like a great project for the maid of honor and her mother..

[Alan H]

Check this out....SCORE

http://cgi.ebay.com/Highland-Dance-D...QQcmdZViewItem

Pink McKellar special weave tartan, looks like she might have 3 yards x 30 inches, not enough for a kilt but it might be worth an e-mail on ebay.

[jordanjm]

What about doing like the king did, and wearing pink hose?

[Thistle Stop]

Girls are brought up to believe the wedding day is THE biggest day, the MOST important day of a woman's life. Most girls have dreamt about their weddings for years, planning every detail, poring over the bridal magazines, dressing their dollies as brides. This is one time a loving fiance really should humour her little whims, IMHO. Her wedding day is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream -- let her dream come true. Make her dream come true. Be a dream-come-true guy. Reality will rear its ugly head soon enough!

Yes, it is an important day for both the bride and the groom, of course. And I, personally, think trying to coordinate kilts with the bridemaids' dresses and other decorations isn't necessary -- it's certainly not traditional. The normal thing is for the men to all wear their own tartans, or failing that, a fairly neutral tartan like Black Watch. If any of the kilts will be rented/hired, rather than bought, nothing very exotic, and certainly nothing in pink, will be found anywhere in the U.S. With 9 tartan choices, we probably have one of the more extensive kilt rental/hire ranges in North America, but nary a pink tartan amongst them. The closest thing to pink we have for hire is MacLean of Duart (a lighter shade of red is the predominant colour). Most shops offer Black Watch and/or Royal Stewart, and a couple more choices, at most. To have kilts made for all the groomsmen gets quite expensive. It would look much, much better to rent good-quality worsted wool kilts in something that wouldn't clash with the pink too badly than to have cheap kilts (i.e., less than 8-yards, and/or made of something other than Scottish worsted wool twill of a suitable weight) in a pinkish tartan.

BUT -- it's her Big Day. So again I say, be sensitive to that, guys! It really, really matters to her, if she's like most girls.

Slainte,

Cyndi