Don't know if this helps McMurdo,

I buy my kilts for where I'm gonna be wearing them in general.

At the top of the line, so to speak, are my hand sewn traditional wool kilts.

Next, for when I wanna look sharp, but might not wanna "risk" the hand sewn, like bouncing around the back roads of the rez, I choose the Semi-trads.

The teflon coating on the semi-trad is a great back up to my klutziness, or the environment I'll be in.

Last trip to the Grand Canyon I spilled orange juice on the apron of my Isle of Skye hand sewn wool. Was trying to "drink and drive." Boy was that a fast pull over and clean up. Freaked me out. While I'd chosen the Isle of Skye for pics I normally would have been wearing a PV kilt for such a trip for just that reason....or UK "Scottish jeans."

Ron