Women's Denim Kilts & Skirts

A skirt built with kilt construction, meaning a wrap front with a flat apron and pleats across the back, but made from denim instead of tartan. It keeps the silhouette and drops the heritage, which is why it reads as ordinary clothing rather than as Highland dress.

The kilted version has pleating and a wrap front, so it moves and reads distinctively. A plain denim skirt is straighter and more anonymous. If you want something that looks like a kilt without announcing a clan, take the kilted version. Both are on this page.

Yes, fastest where it flexes and rubs, so at the pleat folds, the seat and around the pockets. Wash it inside out and less often than you think to control the pace. Most owners regard the fade as the point rather than as wear.

At the natural waist rather than on the hip, since denim has very little give and a skirt sitting low will ride upward all day. Measure where you want it to sit, not where your jeans sit. Send waist, hip and finished length.

Cold, inside out, and as rarely as it will tolerate. Hang to dry rather than tumbling, since heat shrinks cotton and flattens pleating permanently. Press the pleats while slightly damp to bring the lines back. Frequent hot washing is what kills the pleats. For the same shape in woven tartan, see tartan and plaid skirts.

Yes, if you keep heat away from them. Wash cold, hang to dry rather than tumbling, and press each pleat while the cloth is still slightly damp. Hot washing and tumbling is what flattens them permanently. For the men's equivalent, see denim kilts.