Hello from Chile!

[Lore9018]

Hello everyone!
I'm Lorena and I live in Chile, but I was born in Argentina. I don't have any Scottish ancestors (not that I know of), but I do have Celts on my family tree (Gallaecia).
I always loved men in kilts... I don't care who they are, where they are or why are they wearing it, it will be always a thumbs up from me. Besides, I know it's a cultural heritage AND family-related. But I thought that someone without Scottish blood couldn't (or shouldn't) wear it.
But this forum corrected this thought.
Now I'm saving to have my own kilt (or maybe kilted skirt, because I think that pleats on the back wouldn't be nice on me; maybe on one side or on the front), and I even convinced my husband and children to try them!!! My 8 years-old son will look so huggable AND bad-tempered on it!
The sad part is that the 3 tartans that I'd like to use, because they have real connections with me, need to be custom ordered. In the Tartan Weaving Mill, the Argentina tartan (the one in my avatar) costs &700 -sorry, I don't have the sign of pound in my keyboard- for 8 metres, and &80 per additional metre. The same with Gallaecia and Italy tartans. Plus the shipping... it comes pretty much unaffordable for me. But I'm doing my best. I'm even thinking about buying a loom and learning how to use it
I have a question: can you have hidden pockets in your kilt? I really -really- hate taking purses everywere. I always lose them and have to go back to look for them. I don't understand why fashion industry believes that women's clothing shouldn't have pockets, or that pockets should be decorative (that's even worst).
I hope everyone will understand my English. I learned it by watching movies, and TV shows, and reading and listening to music XD
Read you soon!