Ooooh! Publicity!

[Sean_the_Kilted]

Good article. Looks like you guys had fun. Did you call the media or did they just happened to be around?

[davedove]

Well done guys. I wish I could have been there.

[cacunn]

Good article. Looks like you guys had fun. Did you call the media or did they just happened to be around?

Frank emailed the paper and they sent a reporter and photogapher. Thanks Frank

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Great mention!

Reading something in that article made me think... almost always in the press, when the newer trend of "casual" or "contemporary" kilts is mentioned, they always quote the expensive price of a more traditional kilts and compare that to the lower priced options available today. All well and good. But they almost always quote extremely high prices for the traditional kilt.

This article claimed that "until recently" kilts costs "$700 to $800." Now, I can sell you a very high quality traditional kilt, hand tailored to your measurements, for anywhere between the upper $400s and the lower-to-mid $600s, depending upon weight of the wool, etc.

And those prices are as high, compared to what they were ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago, due both to inflation in general and also to the shift in the dollar-to-pound ratio in more recent years.

So even at these historic high prices, the newspapers still want to add $200 or so to the cost. Why is this? You'd think they could get a more accurate price just from calling any kilt shop (there are some in Maryland).

So are they only calling the really overpriced shops? Or are they adding in a couple of hundred bucks figuring you'll spend at least that on accessories? Or are they just guessing? Or what?

I don't mean to hijack the thread about this great free publicity for the forum here, but I've noticed this over-pricing trend in a number of articles about the kilt in the mainstream press. Has anyone else noticed the same?

[cessna152towser]

Reads like a well balanced article. Nice to see more positive publicity for the kilt.

[MysticMead]

great article... glad to see one on something other than a UK in Seattle

[MACKAY]

great article... glad to see one on something other than a UK in Seattle

I had heard that UK hired a Lobbyist and had tartan kilts outlawed in Seattle ?

[CelticRanger66]

Great job guys....good to see some favorable publicity !!

[James MacMillan]

Good to see a fair news article. Thanks!

[Packhound]

Looks like great fun. And a great story.

Matt, I'm with you. It does always seem that the media make it bigger, grander, more expensive, etc.