At 11:44 AM 7/20/2005, you wrote:
You can get away with a late 16th century doublet and shirt worn with the Great Kilt - if he has a modern kilt he wants to wear for the wedding, you can replace it with a Great Kilt (if he's brave) or hose for SCA use.

Jean


Mmmmmmm... great kilts. I so love a man who wears great kilts. That's one reason why I married my husband. :-) Now if I could just get him to wear them around the house or something. {sigh}

And there's one way to get a man to wear any kilt, great or modern. That's to appreciate them fully while they wear it. Believe me, we used to have loads of guys wanting to wear kilts at our various local faires because all the women just went for the guys in them. Bonny Knees contests were very popular. Ah, those were the days I miss, when I was young and ... well young. ;-)

... but I digress.

There is a pattern from Folkwear patterns (#152) that includes the kilt, shirt and jacket, but it is definitely modern in styling. I have never used the pattern, and I've heard over the years that it wasn't worth getting, but I am not positive why other than it was hard to follow.

Simplicity has #5029 (modern) and #8913 (faux historic), and the other big companies may have something similar.

The great kilts we used in faire (theatrical use, not strictly period) were hand pleated and belted onto the wearer every time (hint, use a weight lifter's belt if they wear the kilt for very long. Helps the body distribute the weight of wool better), and shirts were basic rectangular shirts, although I did develop a kilt shirt that had a semi-fitted yoke, and a long wide underskirting gathered to the yoke that helped prevent chaffing under the wool; very helpful for those who went "regimental". I've only recently found a similar type of shirt that was historical, but I don't think it was Scottish (French, or Burgundian from an earlier time??? ... I can't find that link anymore, grrr).

hth,

Kimiko


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