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30th March 09, 04:40 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by bricekolob
Ok, I have a question then. I am in your situation. I have a USAK casual that I wear to anywhere except a formal gathering. I absolutely love that kilt. I need a NICE kilt. Something for a formal gathering. What would you recommend I do? I don't have the time to make one myself. Who would YOU purchase it from? (assuming they have high quality tartan fabric you have described)
Brice
I would go to Burnetts and Struth and look into their "casual kilt" sale.
http://www.burnetts-struth.com/index.php?cPath=149
Be sure to switch that site over to USA dollars if you're in the USA. $157, right now. That's for a machine-sewn, made to measure (not off-the-rack) wool kilt. If they have a tartan that interests you, I cannot see how it's possible to beat that deal, I just can't. It's incredible.
Second choice.... if you just absolutely flat-out can not make one, if you simply cannot spend $350 on a kilt..... then go to Scotweb (topmost link on this page) and find this link:
"Kilt, The Balmoral traditional 8 yard kilt with Flashes"
click on it, then look over to the right for the links to "clearance" and "in stock". Search for a while for a kilt in your size in a tartan that you like. It might take a while, that Hall hand-sewn has been there for months. Most of the kilts will be in the $300+ range, but there are a few in the $200's.
BTW, my personal situation is that I wear kilts several days a week to work and "around". Therefore, I have several knockarounds....a USA Kilts casual, a Gold Brothers kilt, a couple of lightweight wool/poly blend kilts that I made and a polyester-viscose clan tartan kilt that I bought online from Scotland. I also have a couple of heavier-weight kilts for more dressy situations. My X Marks tartan kilt, for example is a 6-yard 13ounce wool kilt and it's my "dressiest". That will be supplemented in a few months by my Ancient MacNaughton "8-yard". So I am lucky enough to be able to afford several kilts, primarily because I make nearly all of them.
But if you simply absolutely can not or will not make any kilts, and can only afford two, then that is what I would do.
Last edited by Alan H; 30th March 09 at 04:46 PM.
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