At the local vendor of age restricted beverages...
Whisky = Product of Scotland
Whiskey = Products outwith of Scotland.
I guess they got that one right.

Every year that I have attended the Highland Games here, I have found that there are vendors of various "kilts"

Vendor of hand sewn made to measurewool tartan kilts. Plenty of Swatch books, a display of sample products, a display of kilt accessories. His tent is almost exclusively Scot manufactured, originated, packaged product. Some outwith Scotland, but still of the U.K.

Vendor of Tartan kilts made in Scotland. Hand sewn in one price range, machine/hand in another range. Uses various mills of wool. sells kilt accessories, that include kilt pins, cap badges, and buckles made outside the U.K. All products clearly display the place of manufacture.

Vendor of tartan kilts, that are all off the peg. 24" drop only. "designed in Scotland" of a mystery fabric and also sells almost any object that has room enough for a Saltire sticker to placed somewhere on it as "Scottish" goods. Nowhere is there a place of origin label to be found.

Vendor of Utilikilts. Plainly advertised as made in U.S.A. for the American Man.

A booth of several kiltmakers that hand sew kilts in the traditional manner, most with swatch books and a "fact sheet" listing names and contact information of their recent customers. Some specializing in box pleat, some in knife pleat and others also interested in sewing for the younger males of the family. (Adjustable pleats, and adjustable hem designed for the fast growing boy.)


When it comes time for me to part with my Greenbacks or Sterling, it will be with the vendors that honestly display their products. After several years the vendors of quality proudly displayed have grown in the materials they show and SELL. The vendors of the mystery materials seem to be setting up smaller and smaller each year as they are taking most of their product with them when they leave. The marketplace seems to be working very well.

Slainte