Question about UT Kilts?

[Michael A]

I just received a kilt from UT Kilts today. I ordered it more as an experiment than anything else. All up, including postage to Australia, it cost US$150.

It is utter junk.

Its only practical use would be as a drinking kilt at a heavy metal mosh pit.

I will post photos at a later date (if I am unable to return it), but here is what I have to offer so far.

They said it was 13Oz wool. It might be wool, but what it is (I ordered it in plain black) is plain weave something-or-other, not even twill. It is more like cheap barathea.

It is hemmed (unevenly so and not pressed) - no selvedge whatsoever on closer inspection.

The pleat stitches on the fell are highly visible, having been stitched down one side of the pleat with no attempt at hiding them.

The basting stitches, if that's what they call them, allow the pleats to move over each other with the slightest effort.

The pleats are approximately 35mm wide each at the hem. They are pressed in a fan/tapered pattern, from about 25mm at the bottom of the fell.

The buckles are those really cheap tinny ones that have a wandering prong. Each buckle is attached to the kilt with a fabric patch, not leather.

The lining is sweat-inducing polyester.

I am going to write to Mr UT Kilt man and arrange some kind of understanding.

Honestly, I don't know why he bothers or how he sleeps at night. He should sell his wears in the costume section of a party shop.