Quality of a Tank vs other kilts

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My mom has worsted wool suits (probably about 10 oz weight) that were made for her in the 1940s when she was in college. Still going strong (both the suits and the lady LOL). If you take care of it, good worsted lasts about forever. Mr. C at church can still fit into his father's kilt. He's my mom's age, so that kilt has to be going on 100 years old!!!

But they also doesn't wear those garments to garden in. If you kilt a lot, you'll want some 'jeans quality' kilts, too, to mow the lawn in, work in the garage, stuff like that.

[Carolina Kiltman]

My mom has worsted wool suits (probably about 10 oz weight) that were made for her in the 1940s when she was in college. Still going strong (both the suits and the lady LOL). If you take care of it, good worsted lasts about forever. Mr. C at church can still fit into his father's kilt. He's my mom's age, so that kilt has to be going on 100 years old!!!

But they also doesn't wear those garments to garden in. If you kilt a lot, you'll want some 'jeans quality' kilts, too, to mow the lawn in, work in the garage, stuff like that.

My feelings exactly. Outside of the fact that clothes tend to shrink whilst in the closet (or at least mine did there for a while) I have a wool suit that is now going on 30+ years of wear, (although not so often now as when I was still working). I thought it cost a fortune in '78 but like a custom made kilt, it costs less over a long period of time. Both that and the "casual" low yardage kilts make sense in that good material will outlast the cheap stuff every time.