skirtcraft

[mr seamstress]

Ten years ago, there was a business seeking funds in running business of making skirts for men. Below I post a video showing they raised the funds for their startup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlbbtPhQjg

They are still in business. They have a small selection to choose from.

https://www.skirtcraft.com/

[Coder]

I've purchased three from them, and wear them occasionally.

[Bill]

I have looked at that site a few times over the years. Not really impressed, because I can get a nice looking, quality casual kilt for the same or lower price.

I have this in the Cart at SportKilt right now - Sale priced at $63.60 with FREE shipping. I know it fits, looks good and wears well (because I have a couple).

SportKilt Screenshot 2025-10-23 165102.png

[geron]

Well, I have several Skirtcraft skirts and have been wearing them almost every day throughout this summer. They are well made and comfortable.

[Ray]

I’ve looked at the sport kilt website.

I’m really not impressed. A velcro closure, no mention of the material, suggesting some man made environmental horror, and a lack of proper pleats.

It’s a pastiche of a proper kilt, and it’s cheap and nasty. I’d rather get a Skirtcraft skirt.

On the kilt front, I’ll stick to my real authentic Scottish kilts, thanks.

[Mouse]

After my first few kilts, SkirtCraft offered me an important step from kilts to skirts, that are not kilts. But still without the baggage of buying clothes sold in the female section of the shop. I was one of the first backers on kickstarted for their second skirt "The Aqueous" so my initials are on the label of all Aqueous skirts since I was in the first 30 backers. From this I got two skirts, one grey and one dark purple.

I was very excited to have my first public skirts to wear and still have my man card. However Mrs Mouse popped my balloon when she pointed out my skirts were just the same as any other skirt. The unisex part did not come across to the man in the street. This has therefore opened the flood gates to me wearing any skirt that takes my fancy, as you can clearly see on my picture pages. I also realised that a £26 Roman skirts was just as acceptable as a £80 SkirtCraft skirt for work.

I do however think that the Skirt Craft product is a very useful stepping stone from kilts to all skirts. I would support them more, but their skirts are constrained in colour and there are only three styles. I accept they are a small company and I wish them success, but you pay for the "Unisex" label which is not very visible to the man in the street, but can be everything inside your brain and the story you tell close family and friends.

[geron]

... I accept they are a small company and I wish them success, but you pay for the "Unisex" label which is not very visible to the man in the street, but can be everything inside your brain and the story you tell close family and friends.

I go along with much of what you say, Mouse (and I was an early backer too, with my initials on the label). However, I find the fabric heavier and chunkier than i would expect to find in women's skirts, and the deep, capacious pockets with zip closures seem very man-oriented too.

[Coder]

The unisex part did not come across to the man in the street.

I never really saw this as the point of their product - that is to be seen as unisex on the street. Rather, men's - or men's-adjacent skirts have to be sold by retailers at some point. Unisex - though some here dislike that term and I find it off-putting in how it is generally applied - feels like a good stepping stone. For lots of the reasons mentioned here, especially the "mental" aspect.

[phathack]

Whenever I see the word unisex is usually means something expensive with zero style, often down right ugly to my eyes.

[Bill]

"It’s a pastiche of a proper kilt, and it’s cheap and nasty. I’d rather get a Skirtcraft skirt."

Thank you for the intuitive review.

[Damon]

I have worn my black Unaligned Skirtcrsft skirt a few times. Only ever had one comment and they referred to it as a kilt. I have 3 Sport Kilt kilts. One, the Recon hiking kilt I can strongly recommend. The other two, a standard model and a regular tartan hiking kilt are not great. The main problem with both is the front apron doubling back and then going across again, to create a front apron four layers thick. They also don't hang properly. The regular hiking kilt has tartan on the outside, but the inside is plain white. So with an inner part of the front apron falling below the hem of the outer apron it gives the impression one is wearing a white petticoat under the kilt. For what they are, their products are overpriced and shoddily made. The exception being the Recon model, which is like a lightweight Utilikilt. It has four pockets included as standard, is well made and much cheaper than the other two not so good ones. I suspect it is not actually made by Sport Kilt.

[Ray]

"It’s a pastiche of a proper kilt, and it’s cheap and nasty. I’d rather get a Skirtcraft skirt."

Thank you for the intuitive review.

Just my opinion, Bill.

[Mouse]

IMHO, kilts are an area where you get what you pay for. I have bought kilts from £30 to £300 and all have been as expected based on price. Looks from a distance or in pictures do not show how a garment feels when worn, especially in how it moves. I think the problem is that a kilt is quite a complex item to engineer and make. Having made a couple of kilts, I know this from the inside. When you start to reduce the quantity of material in the pleats or the quality of the material used, the finished kilt shows the short comings when worn.

I am not against cheap kilts, I bought a cheap camo kilt sub £30, and although it has very little material in it, I am happy wearing it. However a £40 black and tartan kilt I got, I have hardly worn, since the two materials are so different in their structure that the pleats look odd to me, all of the time and do not move well, so I do not feel good in the kilt, so it hangs in my wardrobe not being worn.