Looking For Some Kilt Guidance

[DamnthePants]

Thanks. You've removed half the fear of wearing one right there

[MacWage]

A VERY important question:

Budget for wedding kilt?

Budget for "games" kilt?


For the second, a cheaper option, like a USA Kilt, SportKilt, or Stillwater might be fine (each importantly different than the others).

For a more "durable" option, I'd SERIOUS consider one of Matt Newsome's box pleats. It actually would solve BOTH in one. (Matt is curator of the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin, NC and can be contacted there VERY easily.

WARNING: most have more than one kilt, a few here have over 50. Yet, one kilt can also be enough, as some here are PERFECTLY happy with one really nice, well-made one.

As for constriction, a kilt is 4 to 8 or more yards of material in length pleated around a waist/hip MUCH smaller. The problem is more of strong winds BLOWING a lighter kilt up, exposing the answer to "The Question."
There is NO restriction, except being conscious of keeping from exposing one's "modesty."

[DamnthePants]

Budget Answer:

Wedding Kilt: Im looking maybe around 600-800 US for the kilt + all the bells and whistles that come with it.

Fighting Kilt: Looking to spend maybe, at most 150-200 US

[MacWage]

LOOK HERE!!!!!
http://kilts.albanach.org/
Matt's other website (info)
http://albanach.org/index.htm

For that budget, I would get 3 Newsome kilts!!!! (about $350 each, depending on tartan)
They would be PLENTY durable enough for what you do, unless you REALLY want to machine wash them or get the routinely filthy/muddy.

The Box pleat is actually the EARLIEST tailored style of kilt.
On the early kilt: (Matt LITERALLY wrote the book on it)
http://albanach.org/kilt.html
http://kilts.albanach.org/history.html

For the other stuff, Matt can help too (so it all coordinates):
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/