When I was in the corporate rat race I had no option when it came to my clothes. Tailored wool suits were the required uniform. I would pay between $400.00 and $600.00 per suit (depending on whether I could find them on sale on not.) I had seven suits hanging in my closet. (That many suits lessens the wear on the material allowing them to last between eight to ten years before the material wears out.) Contrast that with an 8yd 16oz kilt that I purchased in 2003 for $595.00. It gets worn two to three times a week and has been cleaned some eight to ten times. That kilt looks like it did the first day I put it on.

More important than the cost of the kilt, or that it will last for decades if taken care of, is what it feels like to wear an 8yd 16oz handmade kilt.

My wife tells me that in her opinion, the most important thing about a kilt is how it looks when it swishes (swing of the pleats.) Who am I to argue with my wife.