Oh, heck. My couture has become, uh, couture.

[elfs]

Last year Omaha convinced me to buy a Utilikilt. I'll confess to enjoying the darn thing, even if I think it's unnecessarily trendy in it's own way.

Last week came word that a novelty workingman's kilt marketed in Sweden really is a hit with working men, and that the company that makes them, Blaklader, is ramping up production to meet demand.

And although it was a women's fashion show in Paris for the Frank Sorbier 2008 collection, it looks as if he really wants his men in kilts. (No direct link; damn Yahoo's funky fashion photo copyright thingy.) Apparently the whole 'Dress to Kilt' fundraiser thing Sean Connery does every year is slowly making its way into the haute couture mindset.

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[solarbird]

Blaklader
Blaklader's kilts? Shenanigans! What next, Hilter's Hard Hats?

[srmalloy.livejournal.com]

While I was looking around the various Utilikilt dealers -- I finally found a Survival in my size at The Kilted Nation and got it, then Utilikilts.com finally got my size in stock, so I ordered the second one I'd wanted -- I found myself snickering as I looked at the eBay store for got-kilts.com and their "Scottish Teabag Society" T-shirts: the front has a teabag with "Scottish Teabag Society", the Stuart arms (lion rampant in a double tressure flory counter-flory), the back with "Scottish Teabag Society" in large letters and "It's hard to explain; it's better if I just show you" below that in small letters.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with Blaklader? It's the Swedish word for "blue denim."

[solarbird]

It looks like Blackadder with some letters jumbled around. Hence, Hilter.