Kilt is a traditional garment of men from the Highlands of Scotland and from Ireland. It is a knee-length, skirt-like garment pleated at the back, but with a plain front. Most Scottish kilts are made of tartan, a checked cloth, the design of which is often associated with a particular Scottish clan. The traditional cloth for the Irish kilt is a plain, saffron color, but some county tartans are used in uniforms for pipe bands. Most kilts are made of fine-spun, woolen cloth. An ornamental pouch called a sporran is often worn in front of the kilt. Traditionally, nothing is worn under the kilt.
The kilt as it is worn in Scotland today is known in Gaelic as the feileadh beag, meaning small or short kilt. Highlanders first began to wear it in the 1720’s.
