Man-skirt or kilt? Yes, it's a Skilt

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:

Kilt stool

Richard Evans-Lacey — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:03:07 +0000

Kilt stool

I’ve not seen it in the flesh … it may be that you can order one from this guy: andrewscottstokes@gmail.com

Satisfied customer: Willem from the Netherlands is loving the reactions to his new kilt

Richard Evans-Lacey — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:31:54 +0000

Willem popping down to the village centre in his new safari print Skilt

On 15 September 2011 we were delighted to receive this poetic note of thanks from Willem in the Netherlands:

Silence comes most of the time, when something hits you.!!!!

This afternoon, the mail man was ringing at the doorbell. He delivered a parcel. It’s the brown big safari cat-kilt.

The way the parcel was delivered, is more than a royal treatment.

This kilt was wrapped in a special cloth- container, where it is stored away, dust and light-free.

Then I changed kilt, and was so thrilled, I went to the village- center for shopping.

There were more than 8 reactions from men and women, and all of them were very positive.

This safari-Kilt is a very new part in my KILT-Wearing, comfortable, beautiful Flock-print, soft cloth and a very comfortable way of wearing.

It fits and feels better, than a suit.( Sorry to say, gentlemen)

No doubt about it, want quality ? BUY SKILTS.!!!!

With kind regards,

W,Jansen, The Netherlands.

Our kilts featured in Notion Magazine

Richard Evans-Lacey — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:33:35 +0000

We are delighted that Skilt has been featured in the Buffalo Boy feature in Notion 051. We’re not sure exactly what a Buffalo Boy is but we figure it’s a reference to Malcolm McLaren’s Buffalo Gals. All this scratching’s making us itch!