Traditional Scottish Highland Dress | The Kilt
The kilt belongs to Scottish culture and The National Dress of Scotland. The Kinloch Anderson kilt has the reputation of being the finest in the world. It can last a lifetime – indeed with due care and attention it frequently becomes a future family heirloom.
The kilt is wrapped round the lower body overlapping with both a front under apron and a front apron. It is pleated at the back and the fringe of the front apron lies down the right hand side. The top of the kilt is worn above the waist immediately beneath the rib cage and the bottom falls to the top of the knee cap showing a part of the knee. Straps and buckles hold the kilt firmly in place around the waist. The kilt is a comfortable garment to wear.
One interesting phenomenon is that the loops attached to the inside of the kilt are purely cosmetic and reflect the tradition of hanging the kilt on a tent peg in the battlefield camps of long ago. The modern kilt hanger has now replaced the belt loops in practical terms.
At Kinloch Anderson every attention to detail is given to create an outstanding kilt for each customer. Kinloch Anderson provide expert advice on kiltwear including which of the vast range of authentic tartans the customer is entitled to wear, the colourway – modern, ancient, weathered, muted or reproduction – and the most suitable quality and weight of cloth.
The kilt is the heart of the full Highland Dress outfit. The Kinloch Anderson kilt has:
- Perfect pattern matching of each tartan sett balanced throughout the garment.
- No economy of cloth usage with maximum depth of every pleat
- Skillful workmanship in matching waistbands and belt loops to the sett of the tartan.
- Leather strap and buckle at either side.
- Its base finished to the selvedge edge of the cloth (without a hem)
- Individual label with customer’s name and date of purchase.
- The opportunity for the customer to choose to have his kilt ‘pleated to sett’ (i.e. showing the sett of the tartan at the back as well as the front) or to have his kilt ‘line pleated’.