Utilikilts

[chapmanredbourn]

Returning to JonathanB's enquiry, I agree with Riverkilt -"I love 'em." Had Original, Mocker and Survival since 2009 when Utilikilts and Krash were at the London Edge fashion show at Olympia and worn them extensively. Great for travelling - done 21 flights, including eighteen across the Atlantic, besides many train and bus journeys. Can be worn very casually with T-shirt and sandals; with fleece and walking boots in the country; with smart shirt and shoes for concerts, theatre, dinners, business meetings and church.
Easy to keep looking good: cold wash and hang to dry with clothes-pegs along the hem holding the pleats in place.
Very rarely get any comments. Just occasionally something like "Awesome" (at airport security); "I've been admiring your skirt" (lady on a bus); "I want one of those for my boyfriend" (stewardess on plane). In Nova Scotia (I was wearing the black Survival) the skipper of a ferry came along and said "I was married in one like that!"
Probably, JonathanB, it will be expensive to import a Utilikilt by the time airmail, import duty, VAT and post office charges are added, so it is worth looking at Union Kilts, kilts.org, which is based in Wales. I have three now, in denim, camouflage and leather. Excellent value and prompt service.