... and the pants just dont hold up.

A little comparative analysis here.

Approximately six months ago I got several pairs of dress pants to wear when I am working. Of these, one pair (the most expensive at around $60.00) developed a hole in the crotch after just about two months.
A different pair, that I wear probably three days a week cost less, but hardly held up better. The fabric is pilling badly, especially between the legs where it rubs. The crotch is very nearly worn through and is .about to burst.
These pants dont see much heavy use either. I am usually sitting at my desk, rarely doing anything physical anymore.
I probably walk less than a mile a day in those pants, and thats mainly short trips around the building or to my car and back.
They have only been dry cleaned, they havent been subjected to the washer or dryer.

By contrast, all my kilts which are much older are holding up just fine. My very favorite kilt, my Choc. brown Workmans gets worn at least as much as those dress pants, around three days a week (or more). I'm not babying that kilt either. I've done construction in it. I go camping and hiking in it. I wrestle with the dog in it, moved houses in it, competed in the highland games in it. I've done just about everything in it.
Its about a full year OLDER than those pants too, and gets washed regularly and thrown in the dryer as well. Yet, somehow its just in perfect shape. Oh, its faded a little since I got it, but a quick touch of an iron and it would look like new as far as the material is concerned.

Its not just the workmans model either though, one would expect those to hold up. My Nightwatch Camo kilt has held up equally well, and its done just about everything the workmans has too. During the first summer I got it I probably wore it MORE than three days a week as I didnt have many kilts then. Its dropped out of the rotation a bit with the cooler weather, but now that it has warmed up it gets worn a lot too. Heck, I've even gone swimming and sailing in that kilt. Again, no special treatment, in fact it gets treated pretty roughly and its still in perfect shape.

Poo on those who balk at the expense of kilts (especially UK's). You just cant get pants that will hold up to what a kilt will tolerate no matter what the cost. If I replaced the dress pants every six months, by now I would have paid for the price of the workmans, and definately saved money on an Original.

Pants just dont compare.