Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
I couldn't agree more with what the last few threads have said,but there is another slant to this as well. It's the modern(old too) Scots one, alright lets stretch that to the UK and maybe Ireland too. Now, we all know that the kilt is not worn as everyday wear by many Scots and we all know that a small percentage of Scots actually even own a kilt, BUT the kilts they own and their attire is probably the best that they can afford. That means, in general terms, ONE good(expensive) Kilt, possibly ONE good(expensive?) tweed Argyll,probably ONE good(expensive?) evening jacket, ONE good pair of shoes,ONE good day sporran, ONE good evening sporran. Much of the aforementioned may well have been inherited or bought second hand, which does help.
There are exceptions of course,Hamish springs to mind and there are others too, but the small percentage of kilt wearing Scots that own their kit go for the best that they can get and that is it.
Whilst I have been on this website I have heard this cry of angst of the cost of kilt attire many times,mainly from across the Atlantic, and thought to myself "well if they just had one quality kilt ,one quality pair of shoes, two kilt jackets of the best quality instead of umpteen cheap kilts,umpteen cheap jackets,umpteen sporrans,umpteen this that and the others, then I bet the value would not be much different?" Something for new members of the kilt wearing world, in paticular, to ponder, I suggest.
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