Quote Originally Posted by arrogcow View Post
Ok, kilts are worth every penny.
Sporrans too.

But, can someone tell me why kilt jackets are so much? A regular tweed jacket can be purchased for less than half of a kilt cut tweed jacket, and uses more material. What's up with that?

Adam
Assuming that we're talking about woolen tweed in both cases, I suspect basically because there is a much larger market for standard jackets so that they are made in much larger lots. If the Pakistanis started making them, they'd be cheaper, but probably never at the price point of low-end suit coats, because they would the product of the smaller, family shops which are high end in Pakistan. In fact, if we're talking about argyle-style jackets, which are rather more complex than standard suit coats, they might be a good bit more.

Here's something nobody seems to have noticed. We've been talking about the $70 kilt as cheap. Lets compare with Walmart prices for trousers. The $70 kilt is over twice the price of the most expensive trousers Walmart carries (about $30). Even Stillwater's new Thrifty Kilts are somewhat more. In other words, even made in Asia, kilts are relatively complex and more expensive to manufacture than most clothing.

Will Pratt