Can women wear kilts too?
A traditional 8 yard kilt is conventionally a man’s garment. But the same used to be said of trousers, and if a woman asks us to make her a kilt we have no problem at all in doing so. It is however more common for women to choose a kilted skirt, a full range of which we can supply in many lengths and styles. Traditionally the apron (the flat flap at the front) of a woman’s kilt or kilted skirt was worn with the seam on the same side as a man’s kilt (i.e. to the right). But today most female customers prefer the seam to be placed on the other (left) side. This is how we supply ours, unless asked to do so in the traditional manner to special order.
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