A friend of mine has a six month old son, and I am planning on surprising the family with a baby kilt for Christmas.

The only place where I was able to find a half decent looking baby kilt was sport kilt, which is convenient as I will probably be ordering one or 2 little things from them anyway.

However, I am curious if any of you know of other places that sell decent baby kilts. I just want to make sure I have explored my options.

Also, I have a bit of a problem choosing the tartan. My main concern is that the size of the kilt does not become an issue, as it would look weird if the pattern never repeated. Since sport kilt only gives you pictures of patterns on the baby kilts, rather than final products, I'm not sure what would actually look good.

And of course, I have no idea how to dress a little kid, so my sense of style is hardly reliable. The advice I have received from females I have consulted is bright colors, and probably blue. It should also probably be as simple as possible, as I want it easy to coordinate with his other clothes, so that he actually gets a good bit of use out of it. I cant just ask the parents opinions, as the surprise would be ruined, so I am looking any other advice I can find.

Currently I am leaning towards the US Navy tartan, as from what I've seen it seems to have a smaller pattern and is fairly bright blue. The campbell was recommended by a fashionazi friend, and my mom insists that the royal stewart is too classy to pass up.

Here is the list of tartans available for the SK baby kilt http://www.sportkilt.com/ezcart/styl...D=8&setup_id=1

So, if anyone has bought a baby kilt (from sport kilt or others) I'd value any info you have. And any suggestions about tartans would also be appreciated.


Note: The family receiving the kilt, to my knowledge has no known Scottish heritage and I know they will not care if the tartan is associated with any clan or other group/region/thing. Unless I can get one in the elusive "green bay packers" tartan, it won't make a difference to them. It is purely an the issue of style.