Custom Urbanwear Kilts

Please check out our Charity Auction and share it: http://tinyurl.com/y9koons

100% Profit of this auction will go to Doctors Without Borders for the Haiti Relief Efforts.

About this nonprofit:
Doctors Without Borders is an international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to those affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural & man-made disasters. The first non-governmental organization to provide emergency medical assistance & bear witness publicly to the plight of those it assists, we have a long history of providing urgent medical assistance in Haiti & we are on the ground working to treat earthquake survivors & meet the huge needs that are only beginning to emerge.

About this Auction:
The kilt will be made of 100% heavy cotton of buyers choice of color and will also include any of our options that the buyer wishes. A handsome urbanwear kilt with a button front closure, box pleats and double turn hem bottom. Each kilt is made specifically for the customer at time of purchase and can be completely customized to fit the wearer's needs. We have a huge variety of colors and options listed on our website: http://www.altkilt.com and this auction kilt can have any or all of them! We will contact you after the auction is done to work out the details of your custom kilt.

Capricon Pre-sale!

Alt.Kilt and the Alt.Kilt Steam Shop will be vending this year at Capricon 30: Celebration! and we have decided to do a pre-sale for those attending (and honestly, those who are not could also get in on this) by having free delivery at the Convention!

Until the end of January - all orders placed though our shop on Etsy, 1000 Markets or AltKilt.com will have free shipping! Please note in your order if you want it to be delivered in person to you for Capricon and we will have them at our booth in the vending area. Due to the way Etsy and 1000 Markets are set up - this means free shipping for all orders even if they are not being delivered at the Convention. At Altkilt.com, please just choose the option of "Pick up in Person" and put Capricon in the notes.

As usual - Please check out our Flickr Pool, Twitter and our Facebook Page. Thank you!

Denim and Leather Kilt

Featuring a cross-apron, this charcoal denim custom kilt is tricked out with black leather accents and silver rivets. It has a singled covered back pocket and can also have cargo pockets added. This kilt can be made in either denim or any color of our heavy weight 100% cotton. Leather comes standard in black or put a note in the order if you are interested in another color.

Available now at http://www.altkilt.com/node/226

Capricon 30Join us in the Dealer's Room at Capricon 30 (Feb. 11-14, 2010 in Wheeling, IL). Capricon (http://www.capricon.org/capricon30/index.php) is a four day Science Fiction Convention held annually in the Chicago area. We will have a bunch of Steampunk Accessories for sale and will also have our kilts for display and order.

Also, Pre-sale for delivery at Capricon (save on shipping and guarantee you have your items at the start of the convention) will start early next week - check back here for more information!

Alt.Kilt exclusive Kilt It with Obvious Magazine (http://www.obviousmag.com) - by photographer Jerris Madison (www.jerrismadison.com) and featuring model Derrick Smith (www.twitter.com/thederricksmith). There are 9 pages of photos on their website - Please check them out! The kilts used were custom built for the shoot and showcase some of our newest designs.

Gift Certificate
Alt.Kilt is happy to offer gift certificates on the request of multiple customers. Purchasers can choose any dollar amount - from $25.00 to $400 or more - which can be use toward any custom purchase at Alt.Kilt. Or, if the purchaser wants the dollar value to remain hidden, the certificate can be purchased for "A custom-made Alt.Kilt". Please contact us directly at techdragon@altkilt.com to see the options included in that offer. We will mail a filled out certificate to either the purchaser or the receiver. It is valid for 1 year from date of purchase.

Steampunk Welder's Kilt detailOver the past three years, we have made some significant changes to our kilt design. We have remade the cargo pockets so they hold more stuff better, changed our back pockets to include a cover flap and have altered both the inner and outer aprons in order to have a smoother pleat transition and more movement. Our current kilt design is the best that we have put out there and the feedback we have gotten is excellent and encouraging! Now, it is time to give everyone a chance to have our best product.

Consider this your kilt's 3,000 mile check up!

If you have one of our earlier designs - be it for cargo pockets, back pockets or apron - we would love to remake that kilt for you so you can wear our best design. From now till the end of 2009, we will accept trade-in kilts, with a flat fee of $75 (for custom basic kilts), $150 (for specialty kilts) or $50 (for skirts), and mail you back a new up-to-date style. This is also a perfect time to upgrade - contact us at techdragon@altkilt.com if you want to swap out your old style for a specialty kilt such as the Steampunk kilt and we will work out a suitable trade-in value.

If you have yet to try out our kilts... well, we would love to give you the chance. This offer is also available if you want to trade out an old kilt by another manufacturer. We will happily give you 50% off your order and we will send you a new Alt.Kilt to wear.

It is our 1 year Anniversary at the Alt.Kilt Steampunk Shop... and that means that all Steampunk items are currently 20% off as a thank you to all our customers. This includes the Steampunk Kilt, Travel Skirt and Adventure Skirt. We are also still taking custom orders and love to make something new and different especially for you. If you have a specific event or date you need the item for, just let us know and we will be happy to make sure you get it in time.

Stenciled Front Image: Black kilt with silver artWith the overwhelmingly good response to our hand-painted kilts such as the Steampunk and Punk kilts, we have decided to play around with more stenciling and screen printing. Since the Alt.Kilt store is now carrying a dress weight cotton, which has the weight and sheen of dress pants, I thought it would be fun to try out the new material with some painting. The resulting image was crisp and sharp looking!

Any of our kilts can be printed with an image of your choice. Please contact us via our web form or direct email to techdragon@altkilt.com in order to discuss the options available.

Heather Green Alt.Kilt: featuring square celtic buttons and cargo pockets
The busy summer months are winding down and we are loving the onset of fall. All of our traveling shows are over for this calendar year which means we have had time to be building new kilts in our shop. There has been a lot of work in new designs such as tartan insets, dress weight fabrics, screen printing and new pockets. We have decided to add more ways to get this information out....

Follow our progress and ideas in a more informal setting .... on Flickr, Twitter and Facebook.