For those looking for a more comfortable, lighter weight kilt, I generally recommend a lower-yardage kilt made from heavy weight cloth. This way you still get the benefits of the heavy weight wool (wrinkles less, hold's it's shape more, etc), but you still have a lighter weight kilt overall.

I know that my four yard box pleated kilts are lighter and cooler than eight yard kilts made from a 10oz or 13oz cloth even. So why not have the best of both worlds!?