Buying kilts is bad for the environment!

**Ialtog** · 13th September 06, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Colin

...And yet how many pairs of cheap jeans, shirts, shorts, etc that are bought from cheapo retailers are worn and tossed every week? Look at the numbe rof thrift stores that are full of clothing. I haven't seen any kilts in those places.......I can see the case for the $30 kilts on ebay, but not a real traditional made Scottish kilt or even the new contemporary kilts in the hundreds of $$$$.

This is plain silly.

This is what struck me as really odd. I serve on my city's sustainability committee and my professional life is awfully focused on waste issues. I think about solid waste a lot more than the average bird, I would guess. Cheap, disposable clothes (like these *&%! jeans I'm wearing right now that barely lasted two years) are much more of an annoyance. A well crafted kilt would last several lifetimes. It seems to me the kind of craftmanship illustrated by kiltmakers should be used as a terrific example of building for a lifetime, and not the moment. To me, kilts are a symbol of sustainability.