Poster from the french department store Galeries Lafayettes

[jeanfor]

The Galeries Lafayettes is a french deparment store like Le Printemps. But cheaper in general. Take a look at this .... That's a way to push skirts as a mainstream garment for men..... Wish Macy's would do something similar!

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... en-kilt%2F

[Kirbstone]

Looks like you posted the pic. upsde down, judging by the over-writing. Clever, though. The kilt the guy's wearing looks like a McLeod Yellow Tartan. I love the way it moves.

[alexthebird]

The picture is posted the right way up. I was in Paris about two weeks ago and the writing on the ad is upside down.

However, that yellow kilt is nowhere to be found anywhere in Galeries Lafayette. I spent an hour or so looking for it and couldn't find it.

On the other hand, in Bon Marche (another top level Parisian department store) I found a kilt and a skirt in the men's department. The kilt was on a mannequin in the men's department, and while it was worn over a pair of leggings, it was still a kilt. I didn't take a picture, but the total outfit was a medium gray jacket over a black shirt with a houndstooth wool vest, a very fuzzy medium gray kilt with black and maroon accents, and light gray leggings. All very cool, but also a little predictable.

On the other hand, in the Marc Jacobs boutique I saw a black skirt with multiple layers. It's a little hard to describe, but imagine six or seven skirts in combination but with the common areas all fused together. Price was 450 euros, but what I found totally cool was that this skirt was just hanging there with Marc Jacobs trousers. Nothing featured, nothing exceptional, just another thing to buy if you could afford it.

[Milton]

The kilt was on a mannequin in the men's department, and while it was worn over a pair of leggings, it was still a kilt.

I've seen quite a lot of 'runway' pictures of men in skirts but worn with trousers.

What is the point? Surely its skirt OR trousers...

Still, I'm a newbie - what do I know.

I would really like to own the yellow kilt outfit thought. That is neato!

FJ

[Kirbstone]

There is a plethora of traditional kilt and outfit manufacturers North of Hadrian's Wall who would be only happy to oblige you.
Such a kilt would set you back Ca £ 250, and for the whole outfit, waistcoat, jacket, dress shirt, cravatte, stockings & brogues you're thinking of £600 & the rest. No joke, so you've got to have a wedding coming up, or something !

[Big and Bashful]

If you are human sized, so that you don't need more than 8 or 9 yards of wool for the kilt, it can be possible to buy a kilt outfit, tailor made, for much less. When I was in Hector Russell in Glasgow ordering a full outfit, they had the following offer:
8 yd kilt for £299, with 20% off, free jacket with any kilt. They were also selling complete outfits for under £500
Found the offer for the full kit outfit offer on line, here is a linky thing:
http://www.hector-russell.com/ProductDe ... spx?Id=383

I saw that, but being monster sized (12 yard kilt from a dearer supplier to get the tartan I wanted) and then looking at alternative sgian dhus, belts, buckles etc. cost me a fair bit more.

Still, a good kilt will last a lifetime as long as you don't put on four stone like I did, so I think they are worth the expense if you will get the use out of them.

Edited to add a missing word.

[jeanfor]

The picture is posted the right way up. I was in Paris about two weeks ago and the writing on the ad is upside down.

However, that yellow kilt is nowhere to be found anywhere in Galeries Lafayette. I spent an hour or so looking for it and couldn't find it.,=...

I know that sometimes the Galeries Lafayette have ads that just want to set a mood.... Here it says, "Fashion is you" (La Mode c'est vous!). So by wearing a skirt/kilt, men create fashion.... I wished we could see that in the US. in the US, Fashion for men is inexistent!