Elijah wrote:
Alan's original point is right on. The expense of kilts is going to limit the number who will buy them and that's not necessarily a bad thing. The idea that we have to mainstream everything is kind of a fallacious notion anyway. There've been a lot of stupid fashion statements a lot of people have followed
Right! I want the freedom to wear kilt and I want everybody to have the freedom to not wear kilt! Why should everybody wear my kind of clothing? Uniformity is not my thing!

And as to the price of a kilt: I fully understand the prices, I wouldnŽt work for nothing eiter! But as I have family I simply cannot pay that much for what really is just a piece of clothing, so I am learning to make my own. This way I have only the cost of the materials and since I do not wear tartan I can always go for cheap sales! My kilts cost me no more than my last jeans. OTOH they cannot compare to what a skilled kiltmaker will produce, but then I like them, my wife is learning to like them and everybody I have spoken to at least recognised them as kilts!