Quote Originally Posted by Freelander
Your going to have to change that awful grey warehouse coat Graham. Get one which co-ordinates better ....Great pic as usual
Sorry Gray but I would take it a step further than Freelander and leave the coat at home. Put on a nice, heavy sweater and let people see the kilts you wear! If you're in the shop painting, that's a different matter. Out in public, when you're hanging a sign, don't worry so much about your kilt. It's tough!

Rudi wears his Bear Kilt while leatherworking and making jewellry and his kilt actually has a couple of blotches of wax on it. It makes his kilt look less like a costume and more like a garment.
Rudi ripped the kilt pin right out of the front apron. A 1 1/2" tear. He only had it through the first layer of fabric and caught it on a fence when he was in a rush. Fortunately, his kilt was a little big to begin with and he's lost some weight. I managed to remove 2" of the front apron and re-sew the edge. His kilt now fits better and is tear free.

Sooner or later, you are going to spill paint on a kilt. It's inevitable. If you can't get the paint out of the fabric, then you'll have a painting kilt that you won't have to worry about while working. It will get more and more drops of paint until it looks like painter's shoes, all multicoloured dots and streaks. Then you can concentrate 100% on the work, without worrying about the kilt.