First of all, what color are the bridesmaids' dresses going to be?
Second, if you insist on having them match with a color of your kilt, and that you will be designing your tartan yourself with that in mind, I would recommend that the bridesmaids' dress color be an accent color in your tartan kilt rather than the main color, just for some variety of color on the dais at the reception and in the wedding pictures.
Third, you may need to realize that if you design your own tartan, have to pay the premium to get a minimum woven and then made into a kilt, that kilt may cost nearly as much as your wife's wedding dress, and then you have to add in the cost of the PC or Argyll, etc... rental or purchase.
Fourth, if you are going to order a run of custom designed tartan you are going to have to leave enough lead time for the weaver (likely Dalgleish) to get it through their backlogged queue of similar special orders, then get through the queue of the kilt maker and back to you, something which could take 6 months to a year or maybe longer, depending on a lot of variables.
Lastly, as others have mentioned, do you really plan on wearing this wedding kilt (expensive proposition and a lot of work) at any other times in your life? Are you a new or established kiltwearer?


I am just wondering if all of these factors have been considered before committing to custom design your own tartan for your wedding kilt to match your bridesmaids dresses----not to slight the importance of your wedding, and having everything just so for your eternal love, to me it seems like a long run for a pretty short slide, especially if you do not plan on wearing it frequently for the following years (til your body habitus changes, which it will eventually). As others have said I would get the color of the dresses then try to find an existing and relatively available tartan that has some significance to you and also has color similar to that in the dresses, and have the kilt made out of something easier and less expensive to acquire and that, because you have made the effort to find a relationship to the tartan, you will be more likely to wear. Or at least not feel so bad if it languishes in the back of your closet unworn, because you did not drop a big dime in having it made just for the wedding.

One man's O. Good luck with the wedding plans.

jeff