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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    LOL never say never. Once hooked one is never enough, I think most of us think what can I have next? Once we have that Clan tartan then we want another, perhaps Isle of Skye, Lochaber district, Freedom of Scotland, Black Watch, Royal Stewart, Braveheart, etc.... then there are the accessories .............. roll on christmas.
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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    Quote Originally Posted by Grizzly View Post
    LOL never say never. Once hooked one is never enough, I think most of us think what can I have next? Once we have that Clan tartan then we want another, perhaps Isle of Skye, Lochaber district, Freedom of Scotland, Black Watch, Royal Stewart, Braveheart, etc.... then there are the accessories .............. roll on christmas.
    ah Christmas....Im already planning what to ask for.

    *wants a new quilt for her bed in autumn colors* <---just in case Santa frequents these boards.

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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    Meghan - Take a look at some of the cute and beautiful pictures in the top right corner of this one http://www.tartansauthority.com/ and some of the you-gotta-be-kidding pictures too.

    If you take a look about at the ladies departments of various online highland outfitters, you'll see a number of long skirts. I'm a priest, but... I think they're sexy!
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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    I'm not quite sure how to post a photo, but if I can figure it out, when I get home I'll try to put up one I made for my wife. She looks quite spectacular in it, and although it is without question cut for a womanly body (!!!), I constructed it exactly as I would for a man ... except it's in a much llighter weight than most men would wear. She lovingly (?) refers to it as her "horse blanket" because it's so warm, but from the way she walks in it, she knows how good she looks!!!

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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    I don't mention it too often here - but women and girls do wear kilts, and 55 years ago when I was at Junior school a kilt was considered a good sort of skirt to wear at school in the colder months.

    Women tended to wear a 27 inch kilt - that is one half of the 54 inch width wool fabric, as was woven on the standard wide looms - in fact 27 inches was a fairly standard length for most skirts.

    You might find that for an ankle length garment a good kilt tartan would be too heavy - all garments have grown thinner and lighter in the last 100 years.

    A kilt, really should be short - it is a skirt - the word is related to shirt, sarke, curt and cutty - just how skirt came to refer to a woman's garment which for most times and cultures would be ankle length, is not at all clear.

    If you go for a long pleated skirt rather than the archetypal kilt you would have greater scope for design, bias cutting or pleating onto a yoke for instance. Lighter fabrics would also allow the use of fashion materials in plaid patterns rather than named tartans. There are also the unrestricted or universal tartans which can be found fairly easily - though sometimes in tiny setts a couple of inches across.

    Be warned, though - it is difficult to make just one...

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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    Hello and welcome from CA!

    For a funky, non-tartan, floor length kilted skirt, I sure like this one from alt.kilt:
    http://www.altkilt.com/travelskirt

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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
    I don't mention it too often here - but women and girls do wear kilts, and 55 years ago when I was at Junior school a kilt was considered a good sort of skirt to wear at school in the colder months.

    Women tended to wear a 27 inch kilt - that is one half of the 54 inch width wool fabric, as was woven on the standard wide looms - in fact 27 inches was a fairly standard length for most skirts.

    You might find that for an ankle length garment a good kilt tartan would be too heavy - all garments have grown thinner and lighter in the last 100 years.

    A kilt, really should be short - it is a skirt - the word is related to shirt, sarke, curt and cutty - just how skirt came to refer to a woman's garment which for most times and cultures would be ankle length, is not at all clear.

    If you go for a long pleated skirt rather than the archetypal kilt you would have greater scope for design, bias cutting or pleating onto a yoke for instance. Lighter fabrics would also allow the use of fashion materials in plaid patterns rather than named tartans. There are also the unrestricted or universal tartans which can be found fairly easily - though sometimes in tiny setts a couple of inches across.

    Be warned, though - it is difficult to make just one...

    Anne the Pleater :ootd:
    I'm still fascinated by David Livingstone's use of the term in several of his writings on South Africa. He does use the term kilt to describe women's knee-length, leather skirts. Makes me wonder when "kilt" began to be used as a generic term, like "Egyptian kilt" etc.. but it is certainly right there in Livingstone's writings.

    Good luck to the OP with your search for the skirt you envision, and hope all goes well.
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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    Hello Robert,

    That skirt IS a stunner! I especially like it with boots. I've admired Lady Chrystal's work for a long time. Both you and she have wonderful taste!

    Cheers, Jocelyn

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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    This is the Robert Burns poem/song Leezie Lindsay - look at the penultimate verse. The term is not unusual in folk songs where women take a belt and raise, gather in and fold their long garments when travelling.

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    Chorus:
    Will ye gang tae the highlands, Leezie Lindsay,
    Will ye gang tae the highlands wi' me
    Will ye gang tae the highlands, Leezie Lindsay
    My bride and my darling tae be.

    Tae gang tae the heilands wi' you sir,
    I dinna ken how that may be
    For I ken not the road that I'm going
    nor ken I the lad I'm going wi'

    Oh Leezie lass, you muan ken little
    if you say that ye dinna ken me
    For my name is Lord Ronald MacDonald,
    a cheiftain of high degree

    Oh if you are the laird of MacDonald,
    I great yin I ken you muan be
    But how can a cheiftain sae mighty
    think o' a poor lassie like me

    Tae gang tae the heilands wi' you sir,
    would bring the saut tear tae my e'e
    At leaving the green glens and woodlands
    and streams o' my ain country

    Oh, I'll show you the red deer a-roamin',
    on mountains where waves the tall pine
    And as far as the bound of the red deer,
    ilk moorland and mountain is mine

    A thousand claymores I can muster,
    ilk blade and its bearer the same
    And when round their cheiftain they rally,
    the gallant MacDonald's my name.

    She has gotten a gown of green satin,
    she has kilted it up tae the knee
    And she's off wi' Lord Ronald MacDonald,
    his bride and his darling to be.

    There's dancing and joy in the heilands,
    there's piping and gladness and glee.
    For MacDonald has brought home Leezie Lindsay,
    his bride and his darlin' to be.

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    Re: floor length womens kilts

    Excellent ~Thanks Tim
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