does anyone know

**switchblade5984** · 28th November 05, 06:41 PM

what maker this is?

**Robin** · 28th November 05, 06:59 PM

It only says "designed in Scotland"...so it's most probably not made in Scotland...not the tartan...neither the kilt.

I guess the kiltmaker will listen to a name like Pralatsingh or Rampersath.

;-)

**Hamish** · 28th November 05, 07:15 PM

Yes, I am inclined to agree with Robin. The label is identical, or very similar, to one I saw in an unfortunate-looking kilt hanging outside a 'tourist-trap' souvenir shop in Edinburgh a year or two ago!

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 29th November 05, 06:10 AM

I saw a kilt with that label on it once -- it was some kind of poly-blend. Not wool. It was machine sewn, and had very cheap leather straps and buckles. I got the distinct impression is was made in Asia somewhere, though the label is obviously trying to make it seem as Scottish as possible.

They are having a huge problem in Scotland now with people importing cheap "kilts" from the East and selling them to tourists as "authentic Scottish Highland kilts." Of course the Scottish kiltmakers are objecting, largely because they don't want people to get the impression that these garments are representative of actual Scottish kilts.

M