Quote Originally Posted by piperdbh View Post
My advice is to go to a thrift shop or second-hand store and buy two tweed jackets for much less than the price of one new one. Have one of them cut down to wear with the klilt, and wear the other one with your britches.
Good advice. Although I did just that.
Found 2 Harris tweed jackets for around $25.00 each.
I now find I can't bear to cut them up.

My brother gained about 30 lbs and gave me an old grey wool suite of his.
Now I have something to alter for kilt wearing.