UTKilt

Kilt-based fashions, both traditional and contemporary. Come on guys, bring on the pleats!
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My wife showed some interest in men in kilts and asked me how it would fit me. After some surfing I found a reasonable kilt to start with. I was planning to make one myself but I had than to explain the purchase of a sewing machine. So an UTKilt for $50 seemed to me a nice starting point. After I ordered, I found some reviews that were not very positive. If it was that bad, I always could use it for woodworking.
This morning, the kilt arrived in the mail and I went to my room to put it on. It was a size 36 and it should have been something between 35 and 36. With a belt it fitted perfectly, the waist was slightly loose but around my hips it felt perfect. The hem was on my knees but I like them shorter. I like to show more leg and my wife and her friends agree to that.
The quality of fabrication looks good to me and the fabric flows nicely around my legs.
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I've bought a couple of these and for $50 I always thought they were a pretty good value. They're not made as well as the $250 made-by-hand-in-America kilts but for 1/5 the price you can replace them more often. And because they're shipped from stock, you can always return them for a different size.

I once brought a couple of 5.11 Tactical kilts to a local tailor to have the waists resized, and I asked about having them shortened as well. I don't recall the exact estimate but I think it was around $25 each for the shortening.

And BTW, they didn't bat an eye about working on a kilt, nor at me dressed in one.
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Looks like a very nice Kilt and looks good on you. :)
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