Well I now own one of each of the Stillwater Kilts. My "heavyweight" is the leatherneck box pleater. Despite the moniker it was very pleasant on a 90 degree high humidity day.

The Standard is Hunting Macleod. Despite the concerns of one forum member there is no danger of mistaking me for panache, unless he spends the next year at Roscoe's ordering extra butter and syrup on his chix and waffles.

The ones I want to discuss here are the thrifty and economy models. They both came without the fell stitched down. Both are very light and comfortable for summer wear.

I thought I was pretty secure in my wardrobe choices, until the Mrs. remarked that pleated ladies skirts were made like those two kilts, with no stitched down to the fell.

Both my thrifty and economy now are stitched down to the fell. I did not do a perfect job, happily the kilts weren't perfect to start with.

Used Machine stitching solely in the thrifty, all but one pleat on the economy were machine stitched the last one was giving me trouble, so I tried my hand at old school sewing. Need a little more practice there. Since I mostly wear these to work and special occasions (Wal Mart, the pub) I should get away with it clean.

Pics to come.....