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1st November 04, 09:09 AM
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Check out this Link:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/men_in_skirts/
It was an exhibition they have a few years ago. It showcased many good looking kilts. I didn't like Camo Kilt before, but after seeing the TFCK Camo kilt, I want one now.
You should read what Tommy Hilfiger had to say about Kilts in America.
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1st November 04, 10:03 AM
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Hilfiger might be right to a point, but he just doesn't consider those of us with the family heritage and Americans interest in their roots. Of course, Tommy has a big vested interest in the fashion staus quo.
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1st November 04, 10:11 AM
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Hilfiger...
Last time I buy any Tommy Hilfiger items, then!
It's interesting that he insults the kilt, but still markets his own version.
He might change his mind if he got around a pipe band or a St. Andrew's Society.
Bluidy git. :mrgreen:
Cheers, 
T.
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1st November 04, 10:31 AM
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If you ever really look at Hilfigers lines there really isn't anything distinctive or unique. It's kinda like "me too" designer clothing. Appeals to label snobs and, frankly, the mass market stuff with his name on it is overpriced and poorly made.
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1st November 04, 10:36 AM
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hilfiger...
"me too" fashion...that's great, Bubba! :mrgreen:
I used to own a couple of his ties, but you're correct about the quality of his items -- it's Brooks Brothers, Ben Silver, and anything from Jermyn Street for me! :mrgreen:
Cheers, 
T.
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1st November 04, 10:48 AM
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A quality kilt is a complicated garment to assemble, much to complicated for the sweat shop production lines of Hilfiger's "empire."
"Last year a documentary on "Life and Debt" in Jamaica showed as Tommy Hilfiger and Hanes benefited from the tax-free labor of Jamaican workers earning the equivalent of $30 every two weeks in the country's Free Trade Zones."
From http://www.she-net.com/nosweat/hanessweatshops.htm
Or read CNN http://www.cnn.com/US/9901/14/sweatshops/
And from England http://www.ethicalmatters.co.uk/arti...e=Exploitation
Hilfiger is mentioned near the end of this article.
I grew up working in a sweatshop...for free...a famiy business then. Probably no where as bad as the overseas sweatshops, but I know what it is to be ten years old working hard in a factory.
So, sorry, anything Tommy Hilfiger has to say about kilts, made by craftsmen and factories who treat their employees fairly and pay them well, rings hollow.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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