Just a whiney complaint...

[Riverkilt]

Think the price difference comes from comparing to "routine" clothing we wear. Looking at the labels of your shirts and pants will verify that the American textile and cut and sew industry has long ago moved overseas. The people who sew up those garments are not Union working 8 hour days with high wages and benefits.

Quite the contrast with the mills that weave the wool tartan cloth and the craftsmen who hand sew the kilt.

I have yet to hear of a wealthy hand sewn kiltmaker. They give fair value.

Ron

[macwilkin]

Think the price difference comes from comparing to "routine" clothing we wear. Looking at the labels of your shirts and pants will verify that the American textile and cut and sew industry has long ago moved overseas. The people who sew up those garments are not Union working 8 hour days with high wages and benefits.

Quite the contrast with the mills that weave the wool tartan cloth and the craftsmen who hand sew the kilt.

I have yet to hear of a wealthy hand sewn kiltmaker. They give fair value.

Ron

Well said, Ron.

Todd

[Pleater]

Of course - if you simply want to dress in a kilt and associated items, rather than buying the posh stuff, set to and make kilts, knit hose, sew shirts and adapt jackets.

If you can't sew or knit then you could try offering to do something you can in return for lessons or for someone else to to the work.

I'd love to have the time to make kilts or hose full time and not charge a proper price for them, but there are bills to pay...

There are cheaper options than the brand new 8 yard worsted wool named tartan hand sewn - exercise the little grey cells and see if you can achieve the objective with less damage to the finances.

Anne the Pleater