Hey vintage people! How's about this model 1960 Swedish skirt made of thick diagonal wool? A one-off lot, restock will happen never! We're hauling these out, get a bunch now, if only for DIY materials!
The pictures pretty much say what's it about. These have a bellowed back hem, zipper closure, and a small coin pocket.
Yeeees, this is the stuff dreams are made of. It's thick, airy, and soft wool with a nice diagonal weave. Nowadays VERY expensive, the modern human usually hasn't even encountered such quality. In times past they used to make a lot of soldiers' clothing out of this.
These might also contain a percentage of something else than wool, but we have no hard data on this.
Washing should be avoided as much as possible - fortunately, the material stays fresh for a long time thanks to the superb properties of wool. If the need arises, machine wash at 30 °C / 86 °F. Hang dry. Use of wool care products not necessary but beneficial.
First the measured waist of the skirt, then the total length of the skirt. The sizes might vary just a tad from our numbers: some of these have been tailored a bit, but mostly have enough extra fabric in the folds for slight alterations (waist & length). You'll very likely get a skirt which at the minimum fulfills our measurements.
Many of these are used but all are in neat condition. Fortunately, most of these haven't been used in combat - we found only a handful of examples with bullet holes and bloodstains.
Adam D.
Farasha E.