Help me understand utilikilts

[PaulS]

My first kilt was a Utilikilt. I had several friends who had one or two, and they like them a great deal. So, I got one, and tried it out.

Turns out, I really, really liked the freedom that a kilt provided. So, I started buying others. I got a Sportkilt (in Black Watch tartan) next, then a Lindsay Tartan Sportkilt (Lindsay is a common middle or first name in my family, due to the amount of Lindsays married into my family, my great-great grandmother was a Lindsay, and it was my great-grandfather's middle name, many of my cousins have it as a first or middle name, and it is my son's first name), and, due to the number of people who had Stillwater kilts on this site and others, a Nightstalker tartan SWK.

Of all of them, I like the Stillwater kilt the best. It's a more traditional kilt cut, although made from alternative materials, and I've found that I like that type of kilt the best (I live in GA, and wool is hot). But I still wear all of my kilts, including my Utilikilt. I'm really grateful to the people I know who had Utilikilts and recommended I get one, because that's what started me on my kilt-wearing journey. But, that's not where it's ended, I'm looking to get a few more Stillwater Kilts right now, and after that, I'll probably save up and get a kilt in MacKinnon Red from a major wool kilt manufacturer, as my grandmother is a MacKinnon (my great-grandfather's name was Angus MacKinnon, you can't get much more Scottish than that).

The point of my ramble is this: if I had never gotten a Utilikilt, I might never have been exposed to how comfortable and awesome kilts are, might not be wearing a kilt right now and planning on replacing most of my casual and formal lower-body wear with kilts, as I am now. There may be other companies out there that offer a more traditional product in solid colors than the Utilikilt people do, but Utilikilts is certainly getting the word out.

[Iolaus]

My first kilt was a Utilikilt...
...The point of my ramble is this: if I had never gotten a Utilikilt, I might never have been exposed to how comfortable and awesome kilts are, might not be wearing a kilt right now and planning on replacing most of my casual and formal lower-body wear with kilts, as I am now....

So...you're saying UKs are like a gateway drug? ;)