Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
I'll agree with that up to a point. The cost of the kilt not only reflects the cost & quality of the material, but it also represents the labor hours involved in making the garment. In a traditional hand sewn kilt, an individual has spent perhaps 20 hours involved in the garment's construction.

You just are not going to get that same quality of construction in a $50 kilt. Especially when you do the math to figure that the $50 kilt probably cost the seller $25 to buy, leaving $25 to cover the cost of materials, labor, plus profit for the manufacturer. It's all about making the kilt as quickly and inexpensively as possible.

With that in mind, I think it is unreasonable to expect the same quality of construction in a $50 and $500 kilt.
True. Your not going to get a hand sewn kilt from let's say sportkilt. But it should not look like the kilt pictured. The pleats should line up and the kilt should adhere to the basic concept of what a tartan kilt should look like. Using the car illustration. You can't expect a VW to perform like a super car but it should be a car not a pogo stick.