Guys,
I have been searching for the perfect summer kilt and believe I have discovered it. Sportkilt.com makes an item called a Hiking Kilt (see it here)

It is made of lightweight microfiber and it is really light and thin. It has the typical Sportkilt velcro waistband that they use on their "original" Sportkilts. Thus, it's very adjustable.

In terms of "look", it looks pretty good, but of course, only a facsimile of a wool "tank". However, the average person on the street doesn't know the difference! To the average person, it is plaid and short like a kilt, therefore, it must be a kilt.

I removed the yellow "Sportkilt" shield on the waistband -- pretty easy to do, just get a thread ripper.

I also added a little more Velcro on the waistband cause the sizing was a little off. I ordered for a 38" waist and was shipped a "large" which is actually about 2.5" too big. However, a little strip of Velcro fixed it right up.

I wore it last night to a party for my local singing group, good mix of men and women aged from mid 20's - 60's. The kilt was well received, people were polite, nobody asked me what I wore underneath.

Overall, I like the kilt and will probably buy another one in a different tartan, it's unfortunate there are only 3 tartan's available and frankly, I think only one is a real tartan (Black Stewart) and the other two are just nice plaids. Again, the average guy on the street isn't going to do a "thread count", so tell them anything you want. Mine is "Pacific Blue" and looks kinda like the Miller tartan, so when asked, I called it an original Miller (double meaning, I didn't explain it).

If you are looking for an inexpensive, really comfortable kilt, this is the best I have found to date.

BTW -- there is a sale on right now, you can get 10% off if you use the code "FATHERSDAY09". It's only good until June 22.

Cheers,