PV versus Wool

[Riverkilt]

Just for me - guess there are many responses to your question Joel - PV feels like what it is. Polyesther and Viscose (the English name for Rayon). And Rayon is synthetic cotton. So for me it feels sort of like the material used for polyesther/cotton fabrics...only its in kilt form so there's more of it, all the pleats, the aprons....there's heft.

I can guarantee you its not a "bad" or "weird" feeling. Looking at the material it looks very much like cotton, but it hangs much better, doesn't get that "rumpled" look.

Send Rocky the SASE and check it out for yourself...but checking it out in kilt form is a much better way.

Ron

[Joel]

PV feels like a "thick cotton". If you want a swatch of PV, send me a SASE with a request for a certain tartan and I can send you a swatch.

Rocky, thanks for answering my question. I'll be doing that. I often figured it'd be like the thick cotton cloth on my West Point USMA greatcoat. So, it'll probably keep me from going insane from the "itch" my wool uniforms always give me.

Just for me - guess there are many responses to your question Joel - PV feels like what it is. Polyesther and Viscose (the English name for Rayon). And Rayon is synthetic cotton. So for me it feels sort of like the material used for polyesther/cotton fabrics...only its in kilt form so there's more of it, all the pleats, the aprons....there's heft.

I can guarantee you its not a "bad" or "weird" feeling. Looking at the material it looks very much like cotton, but it hangs much better, doesn't get that "rumpled" look.

Send Rocky the SASE and check it out for yourself...but checking it out in kilt form is a much better way.

Ron

Ron, thank you for the additional information! I know that you know what you're talking about because I've seen the photos of your kilts - and they all look great; the wool and PV.


I love how one can learn so much new information on this site. Cheers.

[CactusJack]

Okay , I have read every one of these and it got me thinking, The last kilt my wife bought me was was P/V so I go home last night and look at the lable inside said kilt and it reads " 65% Polyviscose 35% Acetate, So now I'm wondering if this is a good thing or a bad thing..

On a side not here, I have a couple of the pleats on this kilt that really need to be pressed as they some how got screwed up or were screwed up when the wife bought it and I was wondering if anybody can give me any suggestions on how to do this.
Thanks in advance, you folks are the best source I know of.