No - the pleats don't set properly if you put a hem om it. Length adjustments are made from the top.
But any pattern, whether paid or the weave of the fabric (and both are patterns) goes right to the edge of the fabric: there should be no difference in the weave at the selvedge. Solid colours are usually an Irish tradition, and the colours are more political than clan or family (like the wearing o' the green!)
Not so much a kilt as a mobile home! They adjusted length from the waist to suit what they were doing, and wrapped the wider bit left over round the torso, to suit the weather. At night it acted as a sort of 'bivvy bag'.
Not exactly 'modern'... the kilt almost as we see it today was established by the time the Highland chief's independent armies were incorporated in the the British Army, and common enough amongst civilian folk. Latter half of the 18th C, that. These days, if someone is making a 'kilt' for every day wear like this, a Scot like myself (who grew up with the garment adorning many of her civilian and military male relatives) would assume the national standard, adopted before Waterloo.
'Kilt' just meant fold or tuck originally, and in the old Tam Lin ballad, when Janet 'kilted' her skirt above the knee and hied across the hills to visit her elfin lover, all she did was grab the hem and stuff it through her belt in time honoured fashion, so as not to trip over it. I do the same in long skirts when visiting the loft to get stuff out of the stash. I do cheat: rather than a leather belt, I have an elastic waistband or a convenient knicker leg...
Yes... From about 1750. y'wanna try Velcro? ;P
Well yes, but anything else won't hold the pleats, (especially poly mixes), and won't hang properly, allowing the ingress of playful breezes and the exposure of the fambly jewels to the interested (don't frighten the horses!),
See above...
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