Cygnus, you came up with an excellent solution. Glad it worked out.

My wife and I are going to a Highland Games this weekend and are taking another couple who are good friends. I was going to offer him the use of my 2nd kilt (a wool tank). But this is a very different situation than yours. We hang out a lot and I would like him to get interested in kilt wearing, plus it is a controlled environment and I'll be there the whole time.

At the same time, I wouldn't lend it to my brother. I've loaned him special clothing (a cloak I made) in the past and it was basically ruined. Not really his fault, he took it to a dry cleaner after he wore it and they did the damage.