Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Perhaps those thinking of buying a synthetic cloth kilt, might now re-consider their choice? I know that wool cloth is much more expensive and so on and wanting the kilt NOW is an attractive thought. However.................

We don't know, of course, if poor management was involved------- BUT.....................and nevertheless.......................the closure of this scarce part of the traditional cloth industry is in part one of the obvious and inevitable consequences of many following the synthetic cloth route.

Just saying.
I'll start by saying that every bit of yarn in my small collection (5) of kilts was woven in Scotland.

Where the sheep who surrendered their coats for those kilts grazed, I know not.

But, reading this thread stimulates me to ponder an entirely different predicament.

My Dad was likely more proud of his Celtic heritage than he was of his education or 60 years profession (Anglican Priest).
I wore Robertson Red before grammar school, and the first music I can remember came from scratchy 78 rpm recordings of Harry Lauder.

HOWEVER, I didn't become truly curious about those roots and the garments that celebrate them until relatively late in life. Living in Bozeman, MT, even when not kilted I could "top off" whatever I was wearing with a Balmorral or Glenngary, and that generated welcome genuine curiosity infused with some knowledge both from passersby and acquaintances.

But now, I've moved to Las Vegas, NV, where (although there's an annual Burns Night supper and some Highlands Games in the spring), there's also solar UV radiation and heat that would make wearing a woolen bonnet intolerable, while going hatless would be to tempt an invitation to skin cancer. So, recently I've mused a bit on the possibility of obtaining a Robertson tartan ball cap (Baseball, for the "Americans,", "Golf" for the St. Andrews residents). (Such items exist, "Made in Scotland."

I'm 1,000% aware that no one could call such an item "highlands wear," but when assembled from PV rather than wool fabric it could actually be appropriate on those frequent summer days of ≥40°C sunshine. Does that not provide SOME justification for the existence of synthetic tartan cloth?