Couture Kilt

**davedove** · 26th September 07, 10:59 AM

I'm trying to figure out "ethical tweed." Do they only use the wool from sheep who volunteer? Is all the sheering done at an upscale botique so that the sheep are comfortable?

**cacunn** · 26th September 07, 10:59 AM

Hey lets give the kilt makers on this site a chance. I think they could come up with a more expensive kilt. Give them a little time. How about hand woven spider web silk, hand dyed in plant dyes. By little old ladies at . . .

**davedove** · 26th September 07, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by cacunn

Hey lets give the kilt makers on this site a chance. I think they could come up with a more expensive kilt. Give them a little time. How about hand woven spider web silk, hand dyed in plant dyes. By little old ladies at . . .

Ooh, I want one already.

**Pour1Malt** · 26th September 07, 11:47 AM

ya can get an entire tweed suit frae Howie a' 21st Century fur £600-700....

why wuid ya pay fur yin o' his kilts a' £1500 frae a middle mon?

**Galician** · 26th September 07, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Toddo

I'm all for "fair trade", "sustainability", and "organic", and am used to paying a little more for such support, but I found myself questioning the price on these all the same. Also, are not wool kilts organic and sustainable? Ok maybe antibiodics would cancel an organic classification.

Exactly, but, as she explained to me, there's not only the matter of antibiotics, but also of no use of pesticides on the fields where they graze, and non-toxic dyes to be used in the milling. It's a real commitment not only to the environment, but to helping the craft to sustain itself in a way so as to ensure its future.