If you want a tartan kilt, get a tartan kilt.
But if you're not sure about shelling out a lot of money for a tank:

  1. Get a well-made 5 yard kilt,
  2. Get a box-pleated kilt,
  3. Make your own (personally, I wait for the 2nd or 3rd kilt to do this, so you can reverse engineer as necessary),
  4. Order a 8 yard PV from MacHummel at Canadian Casual Kilts (tank-like looks but easy to clean and half the price), or
  5. eBay [find something that looks good, post it here - someone can tell if it's a good deal or not, and most of us are gentlemen enough not to compete with you for it (not for your first tartan kilt, anyway)]