I have both Wool and Poly-V kilts, both materials are great, BUT, if a "real" kilt is what you're after just bite the bullet and get a Wool medium to heavyweight kilt. In the long run it will be less expensive and you'll be happier. I wasted a lot of time and money buying "less expensive alternatives" and they failed to meet my needs. Once I had a good Wool kilt then I began to add good quality kilts in a variety of other materials, but until I had a "real" Wool kilt I had no standard to measure by and some of the kilts I bought early on were so bad I wouldn't even give them away let alone wear them.

If the washability of Poly-V is what you're after then I highly recommend Rocky and Kelly at USA Kilts. A lot of supposedly knowledgeable people have been very surprised to learn that my kilts from USAK were poly-v. I love my USA kilts and I'm ordering two more of them as soon as I can get caught up on some bills.

Jamie