Why you don't see Scots wearing their kilts often

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Maybe a possible solution to the myriad variations of tartan would be to generate perhaps 6 or 8 tartans which bear a passing resemblance to many of them.

You could have two shades of red, of blue, a brownish, a greenish, a golden, a purplish - or even change the choice, have maybe four colours, and change them each year.

Once a certain number of kilts in circulation is passed, providing they are easily washable, a man would be able to acquire kilts to wear, with perhaps one 'wedding' kilt which would be his exact tartan.

The generic tartans should all be exactly the same set size, maybe 8 inches, and perhaps even have the same thread counts, so that the down time on the looms would be reduced.

Long runs would reduce costs for the weaving, though there might be an increased cost in making shirts, if the trend was for longer more substantial styles.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

I so very much agree with you, Anne.