Inexpensive Kilts

[Panache]

i already know if a number of places i can get cheaper kilts, but the only ones i find are scot tartans and a handful of universal irish tartans, usually black irish, irish national, or st. patrick, but i was wondering if anyone knew of a place where they sold the Irish County tartans, like galway, limerick, antrim etc...any ideas, i found places to get 5yrd and 8yrd kilts, but not ones like USA or Sport kilt

Skweres,

To get a really good price on a kilt, it's going to have to be a mass poduced one. The mass produced tartans are going to be ones that a large number of people will wear (they have to be to make financial sense). I don't think you are going to find those tartans you mentioned at this point in PV, cotton, or acrylic. They are only going to be found in wool, therefore requiring a custom kilt. If I may be so bold as to offer a suggestion for someone wanting to honor their Irish roots, how abut a Stillwater solid Green or Saffron. I believe many Irish regiments wore / wear these. You can purchase an all wool 6-8 yard kilt with lots of pleats for under $150. I love my solid green one and look forward to wearing it on Saint Patrick's day.

It's worth a look

www.stillwaterkilts.com

Cheers

Panache

[RockyR]

The Irish County tartans are owned by House of Edgar and the Irish County CREST tartans are owned by Gaelic Themes (and WOVEN by Marton Mills).

The material is only woven in wool... they WILL NOT weave it in anything OTHER than wool and since they own the tartans (think of it as a copyright), it's their decision. Therefore, you'll only find the Irish County tartans in "expensive" wool kilts.

Depending on your definition of "expensive", you can get a less expensive one... for instance, we offer a 5 yard wool kilt at $350 - $375 (for any of the Irish County Tartans). If you're looking in the $100 range, you won't find anything.

As Panache mentioned... the best alternative is the Irish National or Ireland's National or Saffron

[Skweres]

The Irish County tartans are owned by House of Edgar and the Irish County CREST tartans are owned by Gaelic Themes (and WOVEN by Marton Mills).

The material is only woven in wool... they WILL NOT weave it in anything OTHER than wool and since they own the tartans (think of it as a copyright), it's their decision. Therefore, you'll only find the Irish County tartans in "expensive" wool kilts.

Depending on your definition of "expensive", you can get a less expensive one... for instance, we offer a 5 yard wool kilt at $350 - $375 (for any of the Irish County Tartans). If you're looking in the $100 range, you won't find anything.

As Panache mentioned... the best alternative is the Irish National or Ireland's National or Saffron

how can a tartan of a specific county be copyrighted?