What is Kilt?
A kilt is a type of knee-length men’s dress skirt non-bifurcated with pleats at the back, originating in the traditional dress of Gaelic men and boys in the Scottish Highlands.
It is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak.
Where To Buy Kilt In South Africa?
Dunvegan Kilts & Tartans
Address: 99 Links field Rd, Dowerglen, Eden vale, 1612
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 10AM Thu
Phone: 084 580 4200
Cargo kilts
Address: 11 Halkyn Rd, Selcourt, Springs, 1567
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 8PM
Phone: 011 363 3217
Rob Roy Scottish Kilt Hire & Supplies
Address: 67 Market St, Johannesburg North, Johannesburg, 2195
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM Wed
Phone: 082 889 3098
Staghorn Scottish Outfitting & Kilt Hire
Address: 16 Gabriel Rd, Plummeted, Cape Town, 7800
Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 6PM
Phone: 021 761 4853
Kilts And Regalia
Address: 1B Sunrise Park, Ndabeni, Cape Town, 7405
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 9:30AM Thu
Phone: 073 530 3030
Blair Atholl Kilt Hire & Outfitters (Pty) Ltd
Address: Area, 42 Eland St, Koedoespoort Industrial, 0186
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 12AM Thu
Phone: 067 404 0374
Dunvegan Bagpipes
Address: 175 9th Avenue, Highlands North, Sandton, 2192
Hours: Closed ⋅ Opens 10AM Thu
Phone: 011 440 2484
Scottish Kilt Hire
Address: 7 Hawthorne Ln, Morningside, Durban, 4001
Phone: 082 675 7730
Are kilts expensive?
The most traditional and most expensive type of kilt is one that has been hand-made.
These kilts are made-to-measure and crafted by expert kiltmakers who use their skills to create the perfect fitting kilt.
A hand-made kilt takes time and this is why the price is higher than other types of kilts.
What do kilt colors mean?
It’s said that red tartan was worn in battle so blood would not show, green resembled the forest, blue symbolizing lakes and rivers and yellow resembling crops.
Today, the colors identify religion as red and green tartans represent Catholics and the blue represents Protestants.
Is a tartan the same as a kilt?
Tartan is used to make a kilt
A kilt is a piece of tartan, worn around the waist. However, a ‘proper’ kilt is usually accompanied by: A sporran – a small bag worn around the waist, over the kilt.
Sporran is the Gaelic word for purse.