Any Man Can Have a Kilt - How to Make Your Own

A great many men descended from Ireland, Scotland, or even other places less Celtic have the desire to wear a kilt. I'm not really sure what it is. Perhaps all of us are latently aware that pants just aren't as comfortable as other leg-coverings. Perhaps the idea of wearing a garment that just might, possibly, give us the chance to "accidentally" show of our personal pieces gives us some sort of quasi-exhibitionist thrill. For some, among them myself, there is a certain feeling of connection to ages and people now gone, a sense that, in wearing a kilt, a man of Celtic descent is connecting himself to his ancestors, going back, sometimes thousands of years.

No matter what your particular reason for wanting to wear a kilt may be, if you've looked into it with any degree of commitment whatsoever, you have probably sat baffled in front of a computer screen, wondering how it could be possible for what seems like a rather simple garment to cost such a pretty penny.

Well, there is an explanation--markup. People may try to argue that a kilt bought from Scotland was hand-made and attentively cared for, and that that is why it costs upwards of $400. And they would be right. Kilts are like wine, it's not so much that the ones sold at $400 aren't "worth" the price, just that they far exceed the opulence quota for most people. So, there must be an alternative, right?

Well, it is true that there are a growing number of companies that provide more economical kilts. They use various methods to achieve this. Some make the kilts from different, often lighter material. One of these, the Utilikilt (www.utilikilt.com), is meant to be more functional than the average dress kilt, which is meant for everyday use as much as a tuxedo would be. Others, it is true, are shoddily made.