I pretty much agree with the Wizard, although my beginnings were slightly different.

My first kilt was home-made. It fit decently, it swished decently, it wrinkled like anything made out of duck cloth would, and it cost me around 20$ to make it. A while later, I found a beautiful Seaforth Highlander's kilt for sale on here for really cheap. Luckily it fit perfectly. Wearing that is completely different than wearing my first home-made masterpiece.