The most expensive kilts?

**Charlie** · 14th June 08, 07:37 AM

$1000 for kilt? Thats a lot of money was it just for the kilt or sporran etc? In England I would expect to pay £300 for kilt. That price is just for the kilt itself but it should last for a long time and I wear a kilt pretty frequently in Dancing. There is 8 metres of cloth plus labour to make then ship.

It seems a lot but frankly as Henry Royce (of Rolls Royce) once said "the quality remains long after the price is forgotten"

**Monkey@Arms** · 14th June 08, 11:58 AM

I don't understand the members who keep insisting it must be a miscommunication. There are several links in this thread to kilts that are near or over $1000 before tax, shipping, or import duties.

Here's a kilt from forum sponsor Scotweb that would cost me well over $1000 all told.

Best regards,

Jake

**Marcel** · 14th June 08, 05:53 PM

It seems a lot but frankly as Henry Royce (of Rolls Royce) once said "the quality remains long after the price is forgotten"[/QUOTE]

Agreed!!!

**Nick the DSM** · 15th June 08, 03:34 PM

i dont know if a kilt should be worth that much, especially if you could get it somewhere else and get it for less but with same or better quality.

**McMurdo** · 15th June 08, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Nick the DSM

i dont know if a kilt should be worth that much, especially if you could get it somewhere else and get it for less but with same or better quality.

Herein lies the problem, in my experience anyway you will not get the same quality for a lower price. Earlier on in the thread I was talking about my Isle of Skye kilt, I really could not have got that kilt for less with the same quality. The same can be said for my Royal Naval Association kilt. The bottom line is that sometimes you just have to pay the money to get that kind of quality.

**jordanjm** · 15th June 08, 08:29 PM

When I bought my MacGillivray 16 oz Tank I could have bought it from a local Scottish store, or from somewhere like the Scottish Tartans Museum. The Museum was about $600.00, the Scottish Store was about $960.00. So I believe it is all about where it was purchased from.

**Galician** · 15th June 08, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Howard Clark

in fact you can spend a good bit more, if you look in the right(wrong) places ?

It was not too awfully long ago someone posted a link to a site in Scotland selling very upscale kilts made from custom woven fabric, made from only the finest in organically produced wool, and made into a kilt by someone of great repute. It was over a thousand pounds, as I recall.

Panache has a very good point, this place is populated be very well informed consumers. I know I have learned and benefited a great deal from the people and information presented here.

I might have been the one who brought up this kilt. I know that I described the company in a thread last year.

I met the woman who organized the company at the Scottish Village which used to be held in connection with Tartan Week here. Her efforts were intended as a fair trade practice, with more of the profits going to the individual weavers and sheep owners. This kind of trade is always more expensive (look at coffee), but should be considered as well for its efforts to preserve the art of kiltmaking.

**JerseyLawyer** · 16th June 08, 06:20 AM

Yes, for those of us of significant stature, nine yards of 16 oz wool alone will cost in the vicinity of $500. A $1000 kilt is not outside the realm of possibility, or even the realm of probability.

**Nick the DSM** · 16th June 08, 05:58 PM

but its not in the realm of parsimony! i think its too expensive for a kilt! even for a rare tartan!

**Wolfgore** · 16th June 08, 07:30 PM

Nick, from my perspective that is to much for a kilt too.
However, keep in mind, there is a diverse group of people here with different financial situations.
I balk at the idea of $270.00 for a UK Survivor, so I started making my own.

As you can see from my avatar, I love to ride.
The only way I could afford that beautiful Goldwing is because a lieutenant at work made me a fantastic deal on it a couple years ago.

All that changes if you have the financial ability to do more.
If I win the lottery this weekend, by next weekend I will have a brand new Goldwing with all the bells and whistles, a new Harley for each day of the week, and kilts coming in from all corners of the world, just because I can.

Right now, with a daughter still in high school and a boy starting college, it would be financially irresponsible of me to do so, so I will continue to make my own.
Besides, I enjoy it, there is that pride in announcing I made it myself, and quite frankly, I feel I am approaching a level of making the modern kilt to a quality that I will put up against a UK anyday.