What Are Hybrid Kilts? How do you select a good hybrid kilt?

What is the purpose of a kilt? One answer is Self Expression.
And that's why kilts go through fashion shifts and fads like any other garment. The latest fad seems to be hybrid kilts - utility / cargo kilts that have a combination of solid color fabric and inset pleats of another color, or of tartan.
But are they any good?
Who has a quality hybrid kilt for sale? And how can you tell if you are getting a good one?
Related...
How do you care for a hybrid kilt?
How do you wash a utility kilt?
How do you iron a utility kilt?
Can you machine wash a kilt?
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[@scottbergman8662]

Please, please, please...provide the tartans you, the hosts, are wearing in the info section. It helps me see how a pattern looks.

[@Squig408]

This is the kind of kilt I've always had my eye on but never pulled the trigger due to the quality. If you guy's released a good quality hybrid utility kilt on your website, I'd buy 3.

[@canuckdefender]

I think Eric should dress up as Kurgan from Highlander next year for Halloween! He could pull it off!

[@GreenmanDave]

Medieval or modern style? I suspect you mean the modern look with the nappy pins in the neck, though if he could put together that bone armour that would be sweet.

[@canuckdefender]

@@GreenmanDave Modern Like the church scene.

[@GreenmanDave]

@@canuckdefender Love that scene! 🤘😁

[@ivanheffner2587]

Not knowing the details on the inset kilt involved, I might look at ironing the kilt from the inside using an iron setting and technique appropriate for the inner fabric, then flipping the kilt over and ironing again from the outside, making sure the inside pleats are straight, and use an iron setting that is closer to the correct setting for the outer fabric. However if, for example, the inside pleats are a pre-shrunk flannel and the outside was made with a basic cotton twill that then shrank when washed for the first time, you may just be boned.

[@robertguthrie1894]

Another awesome show guys thanks

[@zakbradley1295]

My mom is a seamstress of close to 50 years, and she has made me 2 hybrid kilts that are tremendous! Both are black denim for the outside and 100% real wool tartan for the inserts, I wear them both frequently and have had no issues with the pleats at all!

[@trevormcphee6214]

Is she open to custom orders haha

[@sassyalbatross2933]

I am so happy to have found this channel, absolutely stellar! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mikaeltillenius8751]

I really like the idea and look of that Kilt but DON'T want the modern pockets and things on it!!! I will buy a black and tartan classic Kilt when I find it! ☕😉

[@MrJacobmetcalf]

Tank you for all your videos and your sales representative on the phone was excellent

[@DavidLudwig255]

USA Kilts ought to make hybrid kilts. Just saying. ;-)

[@user-hi6dj2we1b]

I've got a hybrid utility kilt (navy w/Johnston tartan inlets) custom made from "Scottish Kilt" in New York and it's great. They make them to order based on your various measurements and do a really nice job. No, it's not the quality of my kilt I had custom made from Hector Russell in Edinburgh, but it was a tiny fraction of the price. Definitely worth checking out.

[@d.robnicholl2588]

I would wear a leather tartan inlaid Kilt for sure.

[@williamlane4805]

I have one. I hand wash then drip dry and it still looks good

[@antoniojose8606]

Esses sao excelentes eu espero que um dia aqui eu consiga usar!

[@Cainb420]

Do know how I feel about these, it's good to see interest in the kilt but maybe because I'm Scottish to me a kilt is 9 yards of wool that I ware all my life for every event and any chance in between I can

[@JWoody-yc7bt]

I use a Hair strightner on the insets that are a cotton type cloth

[@GreenmanDave]

I don't have direct experience with Verillas, but I know someone who's working with them. I suspect their hybrid kilts are of better quality w/ acrylic wool inserts. If I were to get one I would definitely dry-clean/press only. I don't trust myself enough with an iron to even try it.

[@raingiesbrecht2129]

I have several hybrid kilts from Verillas and so far I love them. I have only just stared wearing them everyday though so I suppose time will tell. I did just wash the one on delicate and hang dry and i didn't have any issues

[@Branfaol1]

that seems to be the recommended care for almost all hybrids I've seen

[@devyne.3400]

I have 1 hybrid from them, the only thing is that the stitching inside the inserts are not as high quality as their single fabric kilts. They look unfinished. Maybe its just me, since I have sewing experience, but that's what I've seen with verillas

[@marthdaeglin]

My brother (who knows very little about kilts) just got me a kilt in this style for my birthday. I do like it, the tartan part is Irish Heritage and our surname is Irish, and it's coincidentally the same colors as my college, so that's pretty cool. That said, the production is not impressive to someone who knows anything about textiles. I hope I can keep it in decent shape since I do like the look and it's a gift, but I don't have the highest of hopes on that score.

[@richardwhite3924]

I own one hybrid utlikilt - Black with Irish National inserts. However, I bought it intentionally for work around the house and rarely wear it shopping, etc.

[@kinglyzard]

I have a slight crease in one of my pleats on my wool kilt. Steam didn't do much. I dread ironing. Can wool be pressed with a damp handkerchief as well?

[@kioshekat7931]

For my personal fashion style I really like the look of these hybrid kilts, but it is still a struggle to find a good quality one. I'm probably still gonna get one for now and give my da my measurements to get any kind of kilt next time he goes to scotland. 😅

[@joebaumgart1146]

The fabric is usually quite light and cheap, but I just wear them while walking around town. I'm not going to work it one, or do anything major. Here in Philadelphia our summers can get as hot as 100°F. A thick high quality Kilt is just too warm for that kind of heat.

[@Branfaol1]

Most of the Hybrid kilts care guilds I've seen On amazon at lest under each kilt all recommend dry cleaning for best care.

[@icejohn94]

if it helps, do not iron the utility kilts, use a steamer it should solve the problem. hang the kilt from the belt and steam it up, and there you go.

[@GhamPlays]

Greetings, I've been wanting to express my heritage in the clothing I wear. Do you think I could wear a cowboy hat with one of these? How should I dress with a Kilt?

[@adamwiggins9865]

Not a fan of anything but the full traditional kilt. It seems to me, it’s the only garment I can’t find anything that leaves me unsatisfied. I haven’t ever tried to get away with a 5 yard wool tho, I’m too big to get into that without it looking like a 5 yard kilt lol

[@kinglyzard]

I've seen some interesting black kilts with red pleats that would look badass with a sporran with white fur. However, mixing fabrics is a sin. It says so right in Leviticus! This must be what they were referring to 😆

[@AggroPhene]

the hems at the bottom of plackets make the pleats lay badly, cut those off or have them selvaged, might still be like mine and there is no taper (tube with pleats) so they fit poorly anyway.

[@nathanrendelman]

I got the rainbow utility kilt from kilt experts, i got it for a one time thing as a joke, its not bad, but its not going to last with redoing a bunch of the seams. my next kilt will be from you guys.

[@NikkiWraith]

If you want the rainbow kilt, go to KiltThis! They created it.

[@NikkiWraith]

Rocky, the only hybrids I’ll recommend is KiltThis! and Angry Bastard. That said, 95% of the ones I’ve seen have super lightweight printed inserts.

[@Muirlinn]

Would it be good to go the old fashioned way - wear full kilt but with a separate leather belt that has long hanging strips/straps. Not actually sown together. Separate but together.

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Yeah, a separate cover/fronted belt made from a nice thick (4-6mm leather) basically gives you an accessory for all your kilts rather than the "Oh, I won't wear that fronted one to xyz event/function..." and not getting as much wear from a particular kilt. Whilst I was typing that I was mentally designing in a slim sleeve/pocket to the item as well, may as well have function as well as form right?

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Same as any fashion, some look good, some don't... It's a personal call imo.

[@blue33fp]

My wife was wondering if a hair straightening iron would work to better iron the individual insert pleats?

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Reckon it would.

[@devildog1989]

What's the opinion of damn near kilt em?

[@DarkTypeWriter]

Why iron? Handheld Steam Machines (even travel size) remove wrinkles far better without pressing-in weirder wrinkles.

[@robsvideos1140]

Shrinkage! I was in the pool!

[@Madeinsialkot]

Hello

[@kiltedbroshar4187]

I have one tartan inset and the tartan fabric is pretty much a novelty

[@devonritchie1899]

I cannot get my utilikilt to look good after washing and ironing so I refuse to wear them, what a shame

[@david.leikam]

Yep. Beware of impulse buying, the marketing department. Acrylic is basically fancy plastic.

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

I don't understand why wool inset kilts wouldn't be possible. They'd need different construction techniques but women have been making gored skirts and pleated skirts and gored skirts with pleats for decades. A color inset is just a gore that you're doing a pleat over. It would require patterning and more cutting and sewing... but your kilts are lined so that shouldn't matter. You guys could totally make a color inset wool kilt.

[@theOriginal_ex811]

Ok, I've been stupid and not watched for your response for the past 7 months... Honestly, I never thought I'd get a response. I am pretty certain (99.9%) that this is a "Made in Pakistan" unit. The pleats look like "simple" pleats, nothing fancy. and the "tartan" material appears to be applique'd onto the "canvas" material in the pleats. Looking from the inside, there is no plaid visible, it's all black "canvas" material. There is NO label on the darn thing (should have been a HUGE red flag). No fabric shrinkage that I can tell, no box pleats. Yes, I bought it at faire. I DID intend to get a "cheap" kilt when I left for the faire, so it wasn't an "impulse buy", per se, but there wasn't a lot of "shopping" and research that went into it. But yes, the fact that the guy manning the kilt booth was somewhat free with his flask did have some impact on my decision. The cost of the kilt didn't take food off my table, and it was about what I'd expected, but I was hoping that I could get beyond wearing it a few times and the first cleaning. So, I'm going to try the press cloth on the inside of the kilt, first, then back to the outside and possibly save the creases in pleats.

[@dsmith555]

If it's an applique, maybe you can remove it and have an all black kilt at least?

[@antoniojose8606]

Esses sao ee

[@douglasfrank9323]

The concept is cool but in my experience the execution is often questionable.

[@blindtoby8967]

Junk

[@Hammer1978]

Im so glad you guys never bought into the whole "Covid" thing. Seeing you to together is awesome.

[@habluehayaco2onn]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lowellirish]

Good presentation...but DAMN!! CHANGE YOUR BACKGROUND MUSIC!!! ITS GOTTEN OLD...STALE!! EVERY VIDEO??? SAME MUSIC?????😬😬😬😬😬😬

[@SerenaLaws-Kilt-This]

When you guys use my design in your ads....please use MY actual designs and NOT knockoff photos. Thanks.

[@blindtoby8967]

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[@tgf-d3934]

I think hybrid kilts are hideous and look cheap; like those shirts in the 90s with the tribal graphics, hotrod flames, and dragons. 🤮