New to kilting and in need of guidance..

[bricelythgoe]

I would go with the semi of USAK or 8 yard PV from SHO. Then again, I am not a fan of 4 yard casual kilts.

[xman]

Hi,

N00b myself, but you have to ask yourself, what do you want the kilt for? If it's a party kilt then PV is the way to go. I recently had the opportunity to see the various fabrics for myself (Thanks Mikey) and PV is a lot like cotton in the feel and durability for washing and such, but with the flow and hang of a medium weight wool. Very serviceable stuff. If you want something to dress up in and take your fine looking partner out to cocktail hour and for semi-formals and such, then it's wool all the way. The two fabrics do look different, but neither is bad. It just depends on what you want it for. If you're looking for something to bridge that gap then I'd say what my brother said to me, that it's easier to dress a nice kilt down than to dress a medium one up and from my past experience a good wool 8yd kilt is a very hearty garment.

I have also discovered that the PV casuals don't usually come with straps like the wool casuals do, they tend to use velcro so a belt is probably necessary and it won't quite look the same, but you still get to decide what you need. Me, I'm looking at two kilts right now for the fact that I want to use them for different purposes. Personally, I'm very attracted to Josh's price points at SHO myself and he's been a good communicator with me so far. If you're in the UK though, you might want to look around out that way.

Just my 2¢,

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