And people think I'm crazy for spending $130 for a kilt...

[Declan Rowan]

First off, its technically not about kilts persay as a reference towards a prior post, about would any of us spend the amount of money we do on kilts as we would on pants.

I read an article in the NYTimes today that apparently people are spending well over 200-400 dollars for jeans, some even more than 600.

The reason people pay so much? To look distinctive. So myself says: "If im going to spend that much to look distinctive, I'll do it in pleats, thank you very much. At least then I know what I've bought takes an incredible amount of effort and I can't grab one off the rack, as opposed to jeans that anyone could alter in their free time.

Kinda reminds me of the manager of the SexPistols: he bought thrift shop clothes, altered them to fit the style of the day, and then sold them for 10x the cost. He then made a band to promote the clothes. When you need hand painted designs on your jeans, I think it's getting out of hand. I'll stick to kilts, thanks.

Feel free to move this thread to Off Topic, since technically there were no kilts mentioned in the article, but rather just sparked a thought from an earlier post.

[Raphael]

We are not crazy at all! Regardless of cost, our kilts will last longer than any of the $200 jeans out there and will still be fashionable after years of wearing.

On any given day, our kilts will out style any $1000 Armani Suit!!

[GMan]

I too saw that article, what mindless followers people are when they spend that kind of money for something that wears out in the knees Go figure, at least we have our priorities here

[chacbalam]

What gets me is that most of these expensive jeans are "pre-stressed" -- that means that the factory wears holes in the fabric and frays out the seams. Personaly I always thought that this was a sign that my pants should be tossed in the rag bin. :mrgreen:

[Rigged]

I'm watching "The Today Show" on NBC. They're talking about people wearing $600.00 designer jeans. They have three models wearing jeans. One pair looks fairly new, the middle one looked more faded. The third pair looked like something a hippie threw away 30 years ago. That was the $600.00 pair.

[Alan H]

The recent trend in dying jeans to make them look permanently dirty has left me bemused. Why TRY to make something look dirty?

Makes no sense, and I've spent most of my life wearing blue jeans.

[dana]

The recent trend in dying jeans to make them look permanently dirty has left me bemused. Why TRY to make something look dirty?

Makes no sense, and I've spent most of my life wearing blue jeans.

I hear ya man!

They just look like you need to throw them into the wash!

Kids.....

[Jewddha]

A few of my lady friends have given me pretty crayz looks when I told them I was going to get a kilt, usually accompanied by "you're going to spend HOW much on it?!?!". But in reality, they spend well over $300 for shoes, over $150 for purses, and I don't even wanna get into clothes, but the kilt will be much mroe comfortable than their stilettos, and much more practical! I say the jokes on them!

[Alan H]

A few of my lady friends have given me pretty crayz looks when I told them I was going to get a kilt, usually accompanied by "you're going to spend HOW much on it?!?!". But in reality, they spend well over $300 for shoes, over $150 for purses, and I don't even wanna get into clothes, but the kilt will be much mroe comfortable than their stilettos, and much more practical! I say the jokes on them!

YEAH!

The Mrs. rolls her eyes when I drop $100 - plus on a kilt, but she doesn't think twice about going and spending double that on a dress. Slacks for a job interview for her push $100. Besides running shoes, she drops $100 on a pair of shoes without thinking twice, ditto for the purse. Her dance/aerobics shoes are $125. On my first sail to Hawaii I came back with a drop-dead gorgeous silk dress and overblouse for her. It set me back a few pennies. She's never worn it, not once and it sits in her closet. If I had something that cost that much sitting in my closet I'd walk around dizzy from guilt and if I REALLY wasn't going to wear it, I'd get rid of it.

I pointed all this out to her and she readily admitted it was true. She's been accustomed to me shopping for shoes at the "overstock" rack at Big 5 Sports and getting shoes that last for years for $25, and doing most of my clothes shopping at Mervyn's and REI.

[KiltedHuntsman]

Brace yourselves, Lads.
Last year, I spent $700 on a pair of German made, all leather Riding Breeches. All suede buckskin. Bring out the Gimp!

Why? The grip they give you in the saddle. Like Velcro. During the last month of Foxhunting season last year, I came down with a case of Vertigo (where a little pice of calcium carbonate breaks free in your ear's semi-circular canal, thus causing an occasional, rapidly spinning sensation) It will knock you off your feet if you're walking at the time. Imagine what it does to you on horseback. My purpose bought German breeches kept me in the saddle, even while my world was spinning.

They are the cruelest of all bifircated garments. They feel like you're wearing wet jeans, because they're so close to the skin. I have yet to get used to the weird feeling. They limit how far you can spread your legs, making it hard to get on a horse, but once you're on, you are locked in, baby!

I wash them once a season using the same soap the germans use for their lederhosen.