I believe that the shutting down of the mill is a symptom of a greater cultural problem in the kilt wearing community (and in modern society as a whole). If you have limited means and are hard up for a dollar (and want to wear a kilt) I can fully understand how you may want to get one made out of anything other than 100% wool; there are lots of blends and wool imitation kilts out there. Furthermore, anyone living in a free society has the right to wear a kilt (thankfully) made out of any fabric that they darn well want; I understand and agree with that also. This being said, I would never wear a kilt made out of anything but 100% pure new wool (preferably from one of the Scottish mills). I believe that wearing anything other than the real McCoy simply cheapens the garment and everything that wearing a kilt represents. Whatever happened to saving up and paying top dollar for a top quality garment that you'll keep for life? I bet that if all of us X-markers had this attitude, we wouldn't be discussing the trials and tribulations of the Scottish Mill business in the first place. I wish that more of us had an attitude more along these lines.