Quote Originally Posted by creagdhubh View Post
Really? Surely this must be subjective. My tweed jackets and waistcoats come close to my doublet(s) and coatee in terms of cost, but are still miles away.
Fair enough, Kyle. A valid point as per your usual posts, my friend. How on earth does informal wear come even close in cost to formal wear, though? "Miles away" seems to be the kicker there. Am I missing something? I know that one gets what one pays for but I do see what looks like a big inconsistancy here between formal wear which seems to actually be cheaper than some informal wear.

Quality is not necessarily equal to cost (although, I concede, that it often is).

I do understand that you get what you pay for, though, but smartly turned out need not always translate to heavy production cost that is transferred to the consumer.

What if a tailor made jackets that were nice but also a bit more affordable to the average kiltie just getting into this sort of thing?
Our hypothetical kiltie can now achieve a desired look with a quality but cost effective garment. Is it a finely bespoke Argyl from a legendary tailor? Well, no, but it isn't trying to be, either. It's his informal jacket (I hesitate to say 'casual'). He wears it to the office on casual Friday or to march in a parade on a hot day and not to meet his Chief for the first time at the clan society luncheon hosted by said chief at his castle. He saves his really nice tweed jacket for those occasions where he would like to take it up a notch further like taking the missus out for a nice dinner or whatever couples do.

Clear as mud, mate?


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Thank you, Highlander31 for the background info. I did notI was pointing put that Harris tweed is not the only tweed. There are many fine tweeds to be found globally and woven by reputable weavers.


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We might all be coming from different angles, too. Completely Harris tweed from a highly visible Scottish firm in the business for over a century...or a new company (or new product line from an existing company that is branching out). They're not really in the same galaxy so the element of competition isn't realistically there.

A Lexus driver drives a Lexus because he can (but it's still a Toyota). A Toyota is still a very nice car but is usually more affordable for most folk.

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With these points I shall now bow out and offer my apologies if I became too domineering to the conversation.