View Poll Results: Would you buy (or have you bought) an off-the-rack kilt?
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12th June 10, 11:29 AM
#11
I have bought off-the-rack and found that the fit wasn't much of a problem--it was more a matter of quality. I currently have two off-the-rack kilts and I suspect only an expert might be able to tell the difference. I have two made to measure, and they are both wonderful. Of course, made to measure is not a guarantee of anything either, unless you are confident of the skills of the kiltmaker.
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12th June 10, 12:04 PM
#12
As a general rule probably not, but there is always the exception. At one of the Games last year I bought a completed MacDonald of Glencoe tank. Someone had ordered it, paid half, and never picked it up. I paid the balance and it was mine. It was a bit tight but now that I've lost some weight it fits perfectly - and the price was right. My only complaint is that it is pleated to the sett and I prefer pleating to the stripe.
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12th June 10, 12:57 PM
#13
If a QUALITY kilt is premade and on the rack and happens to be my size, I would buy it. I own a couple Utilikilts which were all 'off the rack', but fit me nicely.
Granted, if it's the same price and I don't mind waiting, I'd rather have one made (or make one ) to my measurements.
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12th June 10, 01:27 PM
#14
 Originally Posted by RockyR
If a QUALITY kilt is premade and on the rack and happens to be my size, I would buy it. I own a couple Utilikilts which were all 'off the rack', but fit me nicely.
Granted, if it's the same price and I don't mind waiting, I'd rather have one made (or make one  ) to my measurements.
That's why I own 2 USA Kilts and no Utilikilts. A custom made USA Kilt in my size costs like $20 more than an off the rack Utilikilt. So why bother with a UK when I can get a USAK or 2 Amerikilts? It all comes down to "if the price is right."
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12th June 10, 01:46 PM
#15
No thanks, I am sure I am in the minority here but that is my opinion. I am a firm believer in the old adage, you get what you pay for. So if you see a great deal on a pre made kilt that seems to be good to be true, well, it is what it is. Just my two cents worth.
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12th June 10, 02:00 PM
#16
I voted "no", though in truth my first kilt was a budget of-the-rack Black Watch:

...financial considerations you understand.
However, in the long run, while it served it's purpose at the time, the quality (etc) just really wasn't there. Now, after having owned a made-to-measure bespoke of high quality, I can never see myself going back.
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12th June 10, 03:10 PM
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I read the intent of the original post to be about a custom made kilt or one of similar / equal quality, just ready made.
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12th June 10, 04:35 PM
#18
No, I've not seen one that in a store that was in the right tartan for my tastes, and the ones that we have that are not tartan are hand made x-kilts.
Of course if I found one on the self that was the right size and tartan, I would not object.
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12th June 10, 04:38 PM
#19
Yes but...
Only if it was much cheaper. So maybe I will buy an ex-rental.
The reason, I wouldn't wear a bespoke suit while mucking around outside. So why would I do that with my real kilts?
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12th June 10, 04:44 PM
#20
Yeah...if it's a tartan that I'm interested in and of a decent quality, why-da-hell-not?
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