I believe what is going to keep those mills open is what is going on right now. Kilts made in several materials, so they can be sold in different price ranges. It has been made abundantly clear to me that this makes me a cross-dresser in a skirt. So be it. I enjoy wearing a kilt, and plan to budget for better and better ones as I go along. I try to buy the best quality stuff I can, so that I don't have to replace it as often. If the only "real" kilts available were $500 and up handmade kilts, I would never have learned that I enjoy wearing them, and would have no plans to ever purchase one.

Look, I'm a conservative guy. I believe that those who are successful in this world earned what they have. I believe they are to be respected. They are what keep the world running. They employ us. We need them. But lest they start sounding like a bunch of medieval English warlords, they must also remember that they need us. If the couple hundred thousand people in the world that can afford $1200 shoes want to wear them, that's fine, but they need to remember that there are close to 7 billion of us out here that can't afford them, and if all "real" shoes cost that much, then we would all be shoeless.

As for the question, I would like to see more of the cotton/poly and canvas contemporary kilts available with wider more traditional looking aprons.

Have Fun,
Java