Kilts for men for sale

Union flag kilt featured in Present’s jubilee punk theme window

Richard Evans-Lacey — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:32:24 +0000

If you’ve walked along Shoreditch High Street recently you’ve probably been drawn into the cornucopia of fabulous delights that is Present. The FT’s ‘How to spend it‘ raves about them and says they stock “Brilliantly edited modern menswear that pushes fashion boundaries without going over the top”.

I was wowed as I browsed through for the first time last winter. It turns out that Eddie (the co-owner of Present and co-founder of the famous Duffer of St George) was equally wowed by the Union Flag kilt I was wearing.

The upshot of this chance meeting (don’t we always meet more people when we wear a kilt?) is that we have been given the honour of being featured in their jubilee punk themed window. Thanks guys!

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The Ska Masters and the St George’s Cross kilt

Richard Evans-Lacey — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:18:10 +0000

Our friend Barry from the Ska Masters rocked his St George’s Cross kilt at their gig supporting the legendary Bad Manners in Bradford, England.

Check out the Ska Masters website.

Bagpipes and breakdancing

Richard Evans-Lacey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:45:05 +0000

Here is a great video from our friends at Wild Biscuit.

MOVE is a live show from Wild Biscuit, fusing Scots piping with hip hop B-Boy, funk & jazz. Like their facebook page here

The band are all wearing black biker Skilts with featuring reflective piping stitched into every pleat:

Trend-spotting: Men In Skirts – Forbes

Richard Evans-Lacey — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:30:27 +0000

One of the more surprising trends to emerge from the Men’s Spring-Summer 2012 runway shows that just ended in Paris: skirts. Long, short, narrow, baggy, pleated, fringed — they came in all shapes and styles. Most seemed like a provocation or statement. Riccardo Tisci’s boxy skirts at Givenchy were printed with vaguely vaginal close-ups of bird-of-paradise flowers that made one think of Georgia O’Keeffe. Rei Kawakubo’s calf-length dresses at Comme des Garcons were a shocking Pepto-Bismol pink. Rick Owens’ hobble skirts were dour and monk-like — and looked like they would be very difficult to walk in.

Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto’s versions, however, were so appealing they could actually pose a threat to slacks’ dominance in menswear. The diverse cast of models — from beefy, bearded blokes to fresh-faced youth to small, wise-looking elders — looked supremely confident and comfortable in their baggy, samurai skirts and wide, pleated culottes that looked like skirts.

via Trend-spotting: Men In Skirts – Forbes.

New all tapestry kilts

Richard Evans-Lacey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:05:58 +0000

Check out our new 100% tapestry kilts. We got a couple of rolls of this fabric at a very special price so we can sell these to you for just £195 each. Visit our shop.

We like the leopard kilt teamed up with a plain black jacket to bring out the spots:

We call the next one our ‘Abstract Plants kilt‘ … like gardening on acid. We think it’s got a bit of an art deco / dandy look to it so we’ve teamed it here with a velvet smoking jacket:

Wild biscuit pipers and drummers, jazz, funk, hip hop dancing, and fabulous reflective kilts

Richard Evans-Lacey — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:40:29 +0000

If you are anywhere near Glasgow this weekend then check these guys out (you’ll recognise them … they are the ones in awesome reflective kilts):

Graham the cat helps design the Union Kilt

Richard Evans-Lacey — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:25:02 +0000

I’ve had a design for a kilt with the Union Flag on the front for a while now. It looks pretty good but I’ve never been 100% satisfied with it. It didn’t adjust as neatly as my Classic Skilt design and, despite trying a number of innovative solutions, there was always the propensity for the wide apron to ‘tent’ across the knees when sitting (to the delight or chagrin of the person sitting opposite).

Having a Union Flag that wraps across the pleats of a Classic design Skilt has been in the back of my mind for years but I’ve always written it off as too complicated. This year I’ve finally decided to give it a go.

I’m a stickler for accuracy so the Union Flag needs to be drawn to just the right scale so that the height of the flag matches the length of the kilt. The rectangular flag then gets translated onto the conical form of the kilt, as I do this I realise that it’s even more complex than I first thought as it requires extra adjustments to stop the diagonal lines from having a ‘saw tooth’ effect. Each pleat needs at least 3 unique pattern pieces for Red, White, and Blue. All in all it is an epic project.

Thankfully I’ve got an expert to help me. I’d like to introduce Graham my pattern cutting assistant:

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Kilt beard

Richard Evans-Lacey — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:05:15 +0000

This man is definitely part of my clan!

Kilts at the Barbican Centre on Sunday 18th December

Richard Evans-Lacey — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:36:52 +0000

Do come and visit us at the Duckie Christmas market at the Barbican Centre this Sunday December 18th. We’ll be there from 2pm-9pm and filled with Christmas cheer, and mince pies from the other vendors. There are some lovely new kilts to see, that haven’t made it up on to the website yet!

Kenneth Goldsmith debuts his kilt in NYC

Richard Evans-Lacey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:32:59 +0000

We are delighted to welcome American poet and awesome beard wearer Kenneth Goldsmith to the Skilt wearing brotherhood.

Kenneth debuted his Grey Flannel Skilt with Dashing Tweed insert pleat at an event in NYC. We think he looks fabulous: