Help me get kilted in Vancouver, Canada

[agraham]

Hi all, Angus Graham here from Vancouver, Canada.

I've been to this site before but never registered till now.

OK so my sister is getting married in September to a Scottish guy, and I'm... not bridesmaid - bridesmaster I guess you'd say.
We are Graham of Montrose and he is Fyfe.
He and his best man will be kilted so I'd like to be as well.
She says "FYI Ali is getting a new tweed kilt jacket and vest rather than his black Bonnie Prince Charlie jacket, so you could get either. I suggest tweed is more modern-looking and awesome." I agree.
To be honest I've never had occasion to wear a kilt before (I took some bagpipe lessons when I was a kid but I didn't stick with it).
I probably will only wear this kilt once or twice. Who knows tho... maybe I'll wear it in my own wedding.

I found this fellow who's making kilts right here in Vancouver.
He's member of this very board and there's nothing but good things said about his work:
http://www.westcoastkilts.com
I found this thread about tweed jacket conversions. In it someone seems to imply that our friend at westcoastkilts will do that too. I found this on the westcoastkilts pricelist
Kilt jackets ‘cut-away’ $80 Is that the same thing?

So here's my situation... This kilt is $750. That's kind of a lot.
I'll probably need to spent a couple hundred on a jacket and then get it converted so we're looking at $1000. I can afford it if it's what should be done, but I'm kind of a cheap bastard. So should I:
a) spend the money and have one of these made
b) some other, hopefully less expensive, option (please elaborate)
If a), it's $80 more for box pleats. Get em?
Also: the sporran, belt, knife, socks and the rest. Is that stuff typically rented or what? If I should buy it what kind of $ am I looking at and where should I get it?
Also welcoming ideas re the tweed jacket - what kind to get and where to get it.

Thanks in advance all!

- Gus