You can't beat the USA kilt PV for looking good and ease of maintenance. You might want to look at the selection and consider the semi-trad for your freelance piping activities. I assume that you are receiving some gratuities for your efforts and so have some income to not only defray the cost of a "work" kilt but you could declare that income and take a deduction for your gear...professional wardrobe...the IRS might be able to dicker with some deductions for professional wardrobe but I can't see them arguing with a kilt for a piper...seems like a very basic necessity, don't you agree? I mean who's going to believe a piper in a pair of Dockers? May seem like an unnecessary extravagance but you gotta spend money to make money.

Certainly there are several makers who do the PV kilt thing...I have a casual from USA Kilts and a semi-trad is next on my list. Just thinking of the professional musicians that I know and their tuxedo travails, I'd think that the PV would certainly fill the bill quite nicely.

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AA