Giving Scottish tartan a modern day twist

(30 Jun 2008) SHOTLIST
Edinburgh old town, Edinburgh, Scotland - 11 May, 2008
1. Mid of man wearing kilt and playing bagpipes
2. Pan down of man standing outside pub in kilt
3. Close of kilts
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Frances Smith, Independent kilt outfitter:
"Well I outfit people. I take them through how to wear the outfits. We measure them up and let them try things on and see what they feel comfortable in. We take it from there, make up an order and it all gets sent away to be made up. Six to eight weeks later they have a full outfit."
5. Various of tartan making machines
6. Wide of chief kilt weaver Mark Taylor
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Taylor, Chief Kilt Weaver:
"Now what you see happening behind us here is the weaving process. This is making the tartan for the gentleman's kilts, which you will see in the shop later on. The process has been in the building for about 10 -15 years and it's the only one left in Edinburgh doing this"
8. Various of weaving machines and weavers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Taylor, Chief Kilt Weaver:
"On an average day we will produce about 50 yards (46 metres) and it takes about 8 yards (7.3 metres) to make a gent's kilt. "
10. Wide of weaving machine
11. Close of weaver pulling wool
12. Wide of tartan shop
13. Close of modern kilt designer Howie Nickolsby fitting modern PVC Kilt:
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Howie Nickolsby , Modern Kilt /Tartan designer:
"To call a kilt a kilt a proper Scottish kilt it has to be three things, it should be pure wool, hand stitched, completely hand stitched and made in Scotland. So as a guy that comes from a modern angle but with such a traditional background I don't want to see the art of kilt making destroyed or lost, so even something like black wool and tweed kilts are completely hand stitched and made in a traditional way"
15. Pan up of Howie's modern tweed kilt
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Howie Nickolsby, Modern Kilt /Tartan designer:
"The inspiration comes from probably growing up in the kilt industry business. I had seen all sorts around the world, and plain kilts have always been in existence. Irish wear plain saffron orangey colour, plain green. I had always seen tweed kilts. Where I started is I made a PVC hand stitched kilt when I was 18. I had never worn snakeskin or PVC before but thought it was something different to make a kilt in. I wore it to my sister's wedding and went down very well. I then started doing like camouflage and oriental silk designs sort of going along with the idea of trying to make a kilt from anything a man would wear in trousers. So using fabrics like silks, denims even transparent pink PVC - going more for the fetish market."
17. Various of model in PVC kilt
18. Close up camouflage and traditional tartan kilt
19. Close up of measuring tape
20. Close of Nickolsby
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Howie Nickolsby , Modern Kilt /Tartan designer:
"We have men in Japan that wear the kilt and all over the world and already all over Europe especially. You know European men can see it in their older culture as well."
22. Wide of tourist Martin walking down the royal mile in a modern black kilt
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Roux, tourist:
" This is a fully black kilt. I do not belong to a clan, I wouldn't dare wear a tartan."
24. Various kilt designs
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Fiddes, Scottish Tartan Authority:
26. Various of traditional kilts
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Modern kilt model (no name given) :
Moray, Scotland -15 July, 2007
28. Close to wide of bagpiper in traditional Scots kilt walking
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