What would you say is the best reasonably reputable priced kilt maker in the UK?

[OC Richard]

I have two kilts by "Braw Kilts" (Cathy Hope) in Edinburgh.

Having her make a kilt is less expensive, even given to post to the USA, than any maker I've seen here.

The great thing about being in Scotland is that you have charity shops and around January the Hire Shops will have sales.

A band-mate lived in Glasgow for four years and came back with several Highland Dress items that he got for a few pounds at charity shops.

Not only the usual things, he also got a magnificent Harris Tweed Inverness cape, and a pair of trews in his family tartan.

About the kilt hire shop sales, I've never been in Scotland at the right time of year but many people have told me that it's not difficult to pick up kilt jackets and kilts, though the range of tartans will be limited.

What's in fashion for wedding hire comes and goes. Everyone will want purple tartans and all the hire shops will have loads of those to hire. But then a couple years later everyone will want grey tartans and you can pick up ex-hire purple tartan kilts cheaply. It's all about timing.

About "rules" everybody choses their clothes from a narrow range chosen from the vast realm of clothing possibilities that exist- a gent is unlikely to show up at a business meeting wearing a Kimono and riding boots.

That gent isn't following a prescribed set of "fashion rules" until somebody else recognises and verbalises what his narrow range of choices consists of.

Native English speakers are often heard to claim that "English has no rules" yet would never say

"Will you be go to the shop?"

or

"Will you going to the shop?"

The fact that they're not aware of the be+ing rule doesn't make them follow it any less, nor make them any less aware when they hear somebody break the rule.