Actually, I'd like to see more information about kilt design. This is starting to be a fascinating topic to me and I would appreciate as much discussion from kilt makers as possible.

I've made a couple of home kilts (wearing one right now) that had some degree of success. But I am not ever likely to offer any for market. The real value of having sewn a few is that I can now appreciate design a lot better.

Sport Kilts are appealing from a simplicity point of view. They are just a wrap-around design with velcro waist and pleats in the back. I like the simplicity, but it doesn't really cut it for higher-quality wear. Plus, I just don't trust velcro for holding my privacy in. Two of my homemade attempts use velcro... Utilikilts are rugged, but I think they overdo the macho factor with their site and with their designs. They just don't look elegant to me and I like elegant.

One thing I have found that I like quite well is jean buttons. I used those for my current twill favorite. They are fast to button and very stable. I plan to try a couple of pocket ideas in the near future, but one of my home jobbies has patch pockets under the aprons. The one on the left utilizes a super-deep pleat under the top apron just to make room for the pocket.

I'd love to find some good tartan or tartan-esque material that would make an inexpensive kilt. If only, you know?

My ideal for daily wear:
Plaid, in either a tartan or tartan-like material
machine-washable
Fast to put on (buttons or snaps)
Very secure on my waist
pockets
full-width aprons (I don't like the narrow ones very much)
Made in US or Europe, not a 3rd-world country
affordable (which sort of rules out US/European manufacture)
belt loops

There are some really neat kilts out there and I would love to see more. However, I'm pretty broke most of the time, so what I'd really love is something that doesn't cost more than $60, which is what I spent last time I bought two pairs of Levi jeans.

So, all in all, I do think that there is a lot of room for further discussion of what makes a good daily-wear kilt and how to put it together. And I would love to have that part happen in public, not in PMs! (Business stuff should, of course, be private, though.)

-Patrick