BEYOND THE CONSISTANCY...

There's an issue with sewing straight and the ability to monitor tension in the machine. When both are NOT done properly, pleats will "wander" on the kilt.

Look at a wool traditional. Does it have pleats that are as straight as a board? Do these pleats hold when walking? Do they return "home" when you stand still? Kilts have a rigid look.

Look at a Poly-Viscose. Do the pleats wander inward and outward? Do the pleats look straight across, or do they zig-zag in every direction? Do they return "home" or do they need ironing when you breathe on them? Kilts don't look like an accordion.

Look at a traditional kilt's front apron. Is it folded around the body? Does it have an even taper that's accentuated with the body? Does it pull-out at the bottom, or does it lay flat? Kilts lay flat and hold the line.

Look at a Poly-Viscose. Does the apron fold out on the apron edges? Does it pull at the hips so that there's a definate stretch in the apron? Kilt aprons are APRONS.

I have YET to see one BearKilt that would not hold the pleats straight across. I've even stopped ironing mine! The sewing takes them RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE... and that's a 4-yarder! The aprons lay flat on the body while they taper around the legs. It's TRULY an art and a skill to sew slowly and accurately enough to get Poly-Viscose to do that!

Simply put, here's a guy that's doing what the UK won't! It's one thing to sew-up the material, and it's another to do it in a way that makes it look RIGHT!!!!!!!!

You guys just can't imagine the difference until you've seen them mixed with other kilts. As I'm out at the Festivals, the concerts and the conventions, I get to see a TON of kilts. I'm posting this from EXTENSIVE experience and observation!!!