First kilt was a Black Watch from a thrift shop. I had just taken up a post with the local Council in 1989 and needed to obtain a cheap kilt quickly to take part in a promotion for the Council's Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools whereby we had to hand out "Scottish Passports" on the national border at Carter Bar. These passports gave discounted entry to the leisure centres and swimming pools. I found the kilt pleasant to wear but it wasn't a good fit so after the event I donated it back to the same thrift shop and ordered a made to measure Black Watch from a local kilt maker.