Dealing with the "Fat Tax"

[cjbass]

At Utilikilts we charge above a size 39. I'm a 41, and rapidly expanding into 42 territory, so I pay extra for my kilts as well.

The extra fabric - as Rocky mentioned - is not such a big deal. It really is the extra work that makes the cost go up. A yard of fabric is less than $5, in non-tartan, non-wool fabrics, so the price of the raw materials is not such a burden.

But sewing pleats IS. Bigger waistband = more pleats. Those take time, and skill, and as you get more and more fabic into the kilt, it gets harder and harder to sew... especially managing the big 'ol pile of fabric hanging off the left side of the sewing machine!

So ya get the Fat Bastard penalty... aka, higher prices for larger waistlines.

Make sense?
- CJ

[Jerry]

At Utilikilts we charge above a size 39. I'm a 41, and rapidly expanding into 42 territory, so I pay extra for my kilts as well.

The extra fabric - as Rocky mentioned - is not such a big deal. It really is the extra work that makes the cost go up. A yard of fabric is less than $5, in non-tartan, non-wool fabrics, so the price of the raw materials is not such a burden.

But sewing pleats IS. Bigger waistband = more pleats. Those take time, and skill, and as you get more and more fabic into the kilt, it gets harder and harder to sew... especially managing the big 'ol pile of fabric hanging off the left side of the sewing machine!

So ya get the Fat Bastard penalty... aka, higher prices for larger waistlines.

Make sense?
- CJ

I call it the "beer tax"

[SumoKilt]

Heya folks


I myself am past gorilla size and am way into sumoville. When it comes pricing we have a set price point and when it goes into the "grand" sizing (48+), all we add in are the extra costs of making it bigger material labor etc. Since most of my stuff is custom, I break it down for each customer individually.

My nod to my fellow knights of the living girth.

Josh