World record number of kilts?

[frank_a]

I have recently come to the realization that so close to retirement, the one bespoke kilt I have is probably it. I would dearly love another for a bit of variety, but retirement will be a struggle as it looks right now. I could not for the life of me imagine having even 5 kilts, let alone 250!

Frank

[Wil]

I would hope that he doesn't own a pair of trousers.....

[kilted scholar]

CMcGWow! Does he actually wear them or is that more of a museum-type collection?

There is a picture of him wearing one. The article - the Tartan Herald is in the members' section - says he has bought a large number from second hand shops. So it seems he has been a devoted collector of Highland dress but also wears the stuff, or at least some of it.

[OC Richard]

Stuff like that begins to get into "hoarder" territory, perhaps.

An old friend of mine, who lives out in the desert, in "four wheeler" country, starting buying and fixing up old jeeps. I hear now that he's hoarding the things, he has 18 of them in 18 rented storage units.

With the kilt the opposite extreme are several pipers I know, some of whom who have been playing for decades, who have never owned a kilt: they're always in a band and wear the kit the band issues them, kilt, sporran, hose, flashes, jacket, necktie. They only have to buy their shirt, ghillies, and hat.

I've gone long stretches over the last 40 years when I've only owned one kilt. I have three now, the most I've ever owned.

I will say that I troll Ebay for kilt-related things and if I wore a size 38 jacket I could have piles of lovely tweed vintage jackets got for next to nothing, if I wore a size 28 kilt I could buy dozens of lovely vintage kilts for the price of one new one. If I were sized like that I might become a hoarder too!