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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