I'm a member of the Tartan Army here in Scotland (Scottish Football Supporters) I recently picked up a kilt for £50 in a sale in Edinburgh, St Andrews Tartan, 5 yard 16 oz, the quality is very good but as you'd expect the pleats aren't as deep with it being a 5 yarder.

What it does do however is, it saves me using my more expensive kilts from getting beer spilled on them and all the hazards that go with going to a sporting event with 50,000 people so I think for £50 I've got a bargain.

You hear a lot about kilt snobbery, the classic is, I'm not a kilt snob but!!

Some folk can't afford to pay the price for a traditional kilt so this is a perfect introduction for them and hopefully they'll catch the bug and save up for a good one or be lucky to get one second hand like I did one of mine.

Personally I don't really like the other types of kilts out there, I think a kilt should be made of 100% wool and preferably be tartan, I'm tempted to say that anything else would be considered a skirt, oh bugger I did say it!!!

Anyway my point is, wear what you want to and can afford to wear, everybody's different, anyone buying a kilt like I did for £50 knows that it's not coming from some traditional kilt maker from a wee croft in Scotland, but I do think there's a market for them.