Arrgh! My beautiful bride and I thought we were pretty much all set for our wedding coming up on Saturday, with most of the male folks scheduled to be decked out in full highland regalia. Groom, father of the groom, and the two ringbearers all to be attired in proper kilts in the family tartan, the three male attendants in kilts, and even one of our ushers in his kilt!

But when the rental jackets & shoes arrived today for our adorable ringbearers (aged 5&6), alas the jackets and shoes are *way* too big - almost as if the rental place didn't actually stock adequately small sizes for the lads?!! Rental place was closed for the day by the time we were able to try the first outfit on the first lad, so not much that could be done this evening beyond sending them an email & waiting for their phone lines to open in the a.m.

I'm hoping the rental place will be step up with a solution (they were well-reviewed on this board & will remain nameless until they've had a fair opportunity to fix the problem), but I must admit that the logical conclusion from looking at the items in question is that the shop simply figures that the way to handle wee lads is just to have them muddle through wearing clothes that are way too big. So, if my rental place fails to come through with a fix, does anyone know of shops that could help at this late date??

At this point, best option might be to just dress the lads down into something that will fit them. But they'll be disappointed - they were really looking forward to having spiffy black jackets, shoes & the whole nine yards - just like their bigger relatives! Very frustrating, as this is a problem we could have solved back in July when we placed our order, if the shop had been up-front with us about what they would provide us. But there's not much time now.

Granted, failing to dress the wee lads in full highland regalia isn't the end of the world - my beautiful bride and I will get married & have a great life either way. But opportunities to deck out how the whole group like this don't come around very often. And considering the significant sums charged by presumably professional kilt rental outfits, we shouldn't be scrounging around for second-best solutions at the last minute like this.

I've got a couple backup kilt rental shops I've found on the internet tonight, that I'll try tomorrow if worst comes to worst. But I fear it's likely they will be booked up and unavailable on such short notice. If folks have recommendations/suggestions, I'd be grateful! By the way, I'm in Indiana, USA.

Thanks,

Robb