The first time I saw a Utility style kilt was at a highland games event about 4 years ago. I'm not even sure who the manufacturer was. I was curious about it but I failed to see the significance of the garment at the time and did not talk to the individual involved. Since then, of course things seem to have evolved quite rapidly with numerous manufacturers and styles available and more coming on stream all the time. It seems to me we are in the midst of a North American kilt revolution. A revolution that has spread to some of the traditional kiltmakers in the UK. I'm unsure, however, of the true identity of the progenitor...that is, who got the ball rolling. If some future historian were to lay out a timelime of the evolution of the utility kilt, what would it look like Is this a blip or will these garments still be around in 2010...2025

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Adjunct question to ponder...Is the market for these garments growing, stagnating, or shrinking??