a $26 kilt?

[Bugbear]

Forget I said Jeep - forget I said Jeep - Please, forget I said Jeep!

It's a Ford Pinto kilt then...

[northernsky]

I'm sure we've all had our "look" that we thought was cool, but someone else didn't.

I just need to look over wedding/graduation photos from the 70's. Remember the frilly shirts and powder blue Tux's and the long hair and sideburns.... We thought they were cool, and some would say they still are. Styles change. I look around today and see lots of tattoos, piercings and shaved heads (all of which I think are pretty cool on some folks), and I wonder if we will look back on today the same way.

I'm glad that guy was in a kilt. Maybe one day he'll buy another one and....

[CDNSushi]

Hmm. Well, I clicked on the link to see what all the commotion was all about... Ugly? I dunno. What makes it so ugly? Aesthetics are so relative -- is it the "tartan" that's ugly? If so, I've seen some pretty hideous tartans out there, much more so than this. Is it what it's made out of? Not being able to see the product other than in a photo makes it hard to tell.

The only thing that I can really say looks REALLY odd is that it's way too long... It looks more like a skirt than a kilt when it comes halfway down the calf. But something like that is adjustable with a good seamstress.

Is it or is it not a kilt? Yeah, I'm sure that 's a huge can of worms... But when I look at it, it seems to fall much more in the "kilt" category than the Swedish Blaklader "work kilt." For pity sakes, it's not even pleated!

http://www.workwearshop.co.uk/galler...p?image_id=579

[Makeitstop]

I am one of the people who like the Tripp, or Hot Topic Kilts.

You really cannot get any sort of modern style kilt with cargo pockets for as cheap as a Tripp one. I do have a Stillwater Thrifty as well as a couple of Utilikilts. I am much more comfortable wearing my Tripp kilt around town then my SWK. The main reason I like the Tripp kilts are the large cargo pockets, they are even larger then UK pockets. The pleats are even sewn in on the Tripp kilt, I hate having to worry about the Thrifty's pleats getting messed up. No, the Tripp kilt will not last nearly as long as my UKs, but for me, it is a better value then a SWK.

As someone who feels pockets are worth their weight in gold, I would be inclined to agree with that assessment. God knows I'd probably buy one of those kilts (the black one, and only the black one) if they'd just get rid of the zipper.

Now that I have 2 kilts with pockets, I can simply use the SWKs for situations which don't require pockets, such as anytime I have a backpack with me. And before that, I had a pair of cheap pouches which I used instead of a sporran and that got me through just fine.

I'm not saying you're wrong to choose the Tripp kilt, just that the thrifty's value is not entirely diminished by it's lack of pockets.

[GreenDragon]

Do Tripp kilts come in other tartans?

[oldfool]

It qualifies as a kilt by my standards but then my standards are pretty loose. The kilt is evolving, as it must, and this may be a branch that doesn't make it. They're all good it's just that some are better.

There are only two sizes available, XS and 2X.

What's with the boots?
It's like big wheels and a airfoil on a 4 cylinder compact car.

[Mipi]

Additional observation: under apron ends in mid of apron.

[Carolina Kiltman]

I have to agree it is not for me, but then neither are sagging baggy trousers that reveal a second cleavage, nor piercings, nose rings, and I could go on, and on, but I won't. I remember a boy in my class when I was about eight or so who latched onto me like a cockle-burr. (the original inspiration for velcro). Years later when we were both grown we met again, and he said I was the only kid in the class who treated him decently. I didn't know it at the time, it was just the way I was raised. He had only one shirt, one pair of trousers, his shoes had holes, and the like. NEVER judge a person by their looks or choice of apparel! I'll climb down now.

[JelicoCat]

I can only imagine what the scots in the homeland say about the UK's that I wear. I think it might be quite similar to what has been posted in this forum about Tripp kilts. Keep in mind that Tripp is targeting a completely different market, just as contemporary kilt makers here are. Live and let wear.