I'll let y'all know if I do get a bill.

It took them about 7 weeks to make the coat and Fly Plaid (County Donegal Tartan) after measuring me in Edinboro in July. The stuff seems OK in quality. It all fits good, and the whole rig is rather impressive looking.

I foxhunt, and thus I go to Hunt Balls. Very traditional formal wear at these balls, including Scarlet tailed coats. Formal Kilts are also traditional, so Kilt outfits are welcomed at these affairs, as they just add to the pagentry. So the super-duper formal stuff described above will fit in nicely (plus kilts drive foxhuntin' horsewomen crazy).

Of course, if anybody wants to organize a Robert Burns outing in the Philadelphia area in January, I can get even more use out of the rig.

Some points:

The lace cuffs ("soup dippers" the KA staff calls them) are velcro'ed around your wrists. They hang halfway down your fingers. I found that mine were slipping beyond that, so I cut little buttonholes in the top part of the cuffs and button them to the second button on the shirt sleeve (the little one above your wrist). That keeps them from sliding down too far).

The Montrose jacket fits tightly around your waist at belly button height. It goes over the top edge of the kilt. The jacket has beltloops, and that's where you wear your belt, to keep the bottom of the jacket down, and not riding up. However, the kilt then slides down, and your shirt starts popping out between the jacket and kilt. To solve the problem, I used clip on suspenders (braces) to hold the kilt up, then buttoned up and belted up the jacket. I walked around, sat down, stood up, etc., and it seemed to work well.

BTW, does anybody know if the Fly Plaid is supposed to go through or over the epaulet on the jacket? It seems to me it should through. (the Plaid does have a little elastic loop that attaches to the epaulet button).