Box Pleat Tweed

Box-Pleated Kilt (Tweed)

HEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF KILTS, they automatically think of tartan. However, kilt wearers have (and have always had) a few different options to choose from. Tweed is one such choice. Tweed kilts are not a modern trend, they have been worn since at least the middle of the 19th Century. Tweed is as Scottish a fabric as tartan and makes an excellent kilt.

Ordering a kilt is a special thing and this process is meant to streamline things as much as possible, not to dehumanize the experience. If you have any questions before or after you make an order, please feel free to contact me.

Measuring

IMPORTANT: It is preferrable to have someone else take these measurements rather than yourself.

1. Natural waist. This is NOT your trouser size! For most people, this is the indent at your side just above the navel. This measurement should be fairly snug.

2. Hips. Measure the widest part of your hips. This can be loosely done over clothing.

3. Length of the kilt. Measure from your natural waist to the top of your knee-cap. Keep your back straight and don't look down. Add 5 cm (2") to this result, or 10 cm (4") if you desire a military rise. For most people this is uncomfortably high on the ribs, so unless your are looking for a military-styled kilt, I suggest a rise of no more than 5 cm (2").

Additional Measurements: Height and Weight. This is needed to double check other measurements.

Note: Measurements 124.5 cm (49") and over will incur a surcharge. Please contact me (john@gaelicclothing.com) for exact pricing.

Waist Size

Hip Size

Rise

Kilt Length (including Rise)

Height (in Metric or Imperial)

Weight (in Metric or Imperial)

Weight

Pattern

Lining

Apron Edge

Buckles

Keepers

Ettrick Tweed (13 oz.)

Ettrick© is a medium weight herringbone tweed woven by Lochcarron of Scotland and makes a superb medium-weight kilt. Ettrick tweed is available in the following four shades:

Lovat Grey Lovat Green Lovat Blue Charcoal

Donegal Tweed (14 oz.)

The wild and rugged Irish county of Donegal is renowned for its homespun tweed with its characteristic multi-coloured flecks. This is bonus to kilt wearers as any accessory is likely to match some of those flecks! The range of Donegal Tweeds offered below are woven by John Molloy of Ardara, County Donegal.

JM1 JM2 JM3 JM4 JM5 JM6

JM7 JM8 JM9 JM10 JM11 JM12

Cheviot Tweed (16 oz.)

The hard-wearing and attractive Cheviot range of 16 oz. woollen herringbone tweed is woven by Marton Mills of Yorkshire, England and is available in the following shades:

Black Charcoal Crag Fen

Flintstone-Crag Flintstone Flintstone-Petrol Heath Sea

Loden-Fen Lovat-Fen Rave Sea Green-Lovat

Glen Tilt Estate Checks (13 oz.)

These patterns are really called Estate Checks, which are/were a pattern used by noble landowners to clothe their retainers. (Much like clan tartan.) Woven by the House of Edgar of Scotland, the patterns below are not official checks of estates, merely designs inspired by them.