Need advice on a good casual kilt

[Benning Boy]

I suggest you encourage your wife to reconsider. The B&S kilts are quality kilts, made to fit you, and not some imaginary average person. The prices are actually Canadian dollars, and the kilts are less expensive in US dollars. Compare the sale price to B&S's normal price for a casual kilt, or a USA Kilts semi-traditional. Think about that. Go down to the Burnett's & Struth forum and read about the $199 casual kilt sale from last spring. If you go this route, try to go for a five yard kilt, they're really nice.

I too find my wool B&S kilts fine for warm days. The acrylic kilts are to me uncomfortable on warm to hot days. Of course, the acrylic Pakistani kilts are inexpensive and perhaps preferable for owlbear wrestling. Have you ever seen owlbear claws? They'd rip a kilt to shreds.

Pakistani kilts should, in theory be preferable for yard work and other manly tasks, but I'm a wuss and hire all that done, so can't advise on that. If you like to get stinking drunk and spill stuff all over yourself at the local sports bar, or even Hooters, then definitely go with a Pakistani kilt. As an aside, keep in mind that when you get so drunk you have to hang onto the grass to keep from falling off the world, a kilt can be a very immodest garment. Clown pants are more appropriate attire.

If you decide kilt wearing is just too bizarre for you, you'll have a better chance selling a B&S kilt than you ever will a Pakistani kilt. What's your size? I have a Pakistani kilt I'd like to pass on to someone.


Wool or acrylic, the general public won't know the difference. Put your swagger on and you'll get nothing but compliments.


Another great deal is the USA Kilts casual kilt. They too are made to measure. The polyviscose fabric is stain resistant. They'e priced between Pakistani kilts and B&S sale kilts. I really like mine, and likely will order another. I'll also be placing an order this week for a USA kilts semi-traditional.


J. Higgins, here in Kansas, also offer polyviscose kilts at very good prices, and in tartans not available from USA Kilts, if you want to widen your choices. http://www.jhiggins.net/Scottish_Kilts_Collections.asp


By the way polyviscose, and the acrylic used in all Pakistani kilts are two different things.

Another source for Pakastani acrylic kilts is http://www.midwestkilts.com/Index.html Their offerings are almost exactly comparable to those of Stillwater -- I have kilts from both sources -- and they offer tartans not available from Stillwater, again widening your choices. When I ordered from Midwest, the service was on a par with Stillwater.

Finally, if you decide on a B&S sale kilt, you'll have many choices of tartan. I suggest you consider Chattahoochee tartan. It to me is the tartan of tartans. It has all the common tartan colors in it and will go with anything you might want to wear with it. Of course, I'm prejudiced, having a long association with the Chattahoochee region.

ETA: If it's a concern, because of the way they are made, Pakastani kilts will make your butt look big.