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Choice of tartan
As you have most
likely no Scottish roots, your tartan should, at least in theory, be
one without any clan affiliation, i.e. a general or universal tartan
like Royal Stewart, Hunting Stewart or Black Watch or a district
tartan.
You could also
opt for a solid coloured kilt which many kilt makers offer these
days, especially makers of modern kilts.
No law, however, forbids you to wear any tartan you like
and hardly
anybody should object as long as you wear your kilt in a decent way. Therefore
you can order any tartan available for your casual kilt.
Having no Scottish heritage might in fact give you more options.
Find out where to buy
On the Internet there are many, many possibilities. Just see the
links-page of this site.
An affordable kilt
If you want the maximum value for money
one of my suggestions would be
Heritage
of Scotland.
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Heritage of Scotland
(Edinburgh) can deliver a quite nice casual 8 yard poly viscose kilt for about
£ 40. If you buy for more than £ 75 shipment to Europe is free. Otherwise you have add £23.
Therefore it pays to order two kilts at a time or add some accessory to your basket.
You can chose among 12 various tartans plus solid black
and camouflage.
The weight is 16 oz, in other words a rather heavy thing and you
will be happy to realize that it will hold its pleats better than
many more expensive woollen kilts.
Their customer service is excellent and their delivery
times are extremely short.
Purists might disagree, but they should keep in mind that we are
talking casual wear, not formal wear, at all.
It will – unlike what is claimed for a hand-sewn high
quality Scottish kilt – not last for a life time. But so
what? When else do we buy products that we
would expect or even want to keep forever?
It is manufactured in low cost countries. But that is the clothing
industry in a nut shell.
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It will – unlike what is claimed for a hand-sewn high quality Scottish kilt – not last for a life time. But so what? When else do we buy products that we would expect or even want to keep forever?
It is manufactured in low cost countries. But that is the clothing industry in a nut shell.
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A little bit more sophisticated?
A woollen kilt sewn in Scotland to your measures and with more tartans to choose between?
Starting at around £115
Heritage of Scotland can sell you a 5 yard wool kilt (10 oz) and you can have it shipped for free.
At
Marchbrae's (The Woollen Mill) you can
obtain a 6 yard 13 oz kilt from about £125 plus around £ 30 for shipping. An 8 yard heavy weight
kilt should cost you in the neighbourhood of £300.
Other places to buy are
Scotweb and
Tartanweb.
Willing to go even higher? You might take a look at
Geoffrey
Tailor,
Hector Russell
or
Kinloch Anderson.
Personally, for my first kilt I should go for a cheap
one, considering it is foremost for casual wear and for just
knocking around it might in fact be all you'll ever need.
I do prefer my wooll kilts. But I shouldn't be
without my cheap casual kilts either.
A modern kilt
See the links page
If you
as an EU resident buy your kilt in Scotland you just have to pay the price including English VAT (17.5 %) plus shipping.
If your vendor is based outside of the Union you must to the price of the kilt add shipping, customs and on top of that local VAT .
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A £40
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