*sigh* can't believe I am saying this... I need a kilt >.<

[Breandan]

My wife has- and I blame the pregnancy hormones- demanded that I wear a kilt this year at faire. The problem is, I don't have one, don't have the money to get an accurate one (and I am NOT wearing one of those Catholic-school-girl skirts they call kilts at museum replicas!), so I need suggestions. Being Éireannach, I do not wear kilts. Having massive legs that grind stone into talcum powder between them and chafe, I do not wear kilts. Having skin so pale Mouse could shine a penlight on my calf and use a magnifying glass to hone the reflection to carve Chairface's initials on the moon with the resulting laser, I do not wear kilts. However, I have a wife who is pregnant with our first-born, and managed to simultaneously melt my heart with the pout she gave me, and put me in fear for my life with the THOU SHALT NOT DISOBEY MY COMMAND, MONKEY! fire in the back of her eyes. So, suggestions?

And for reference, just need the kilt, not all of the accouterments.

[Mouse]

Why did I get singled out...*sigh* I own a penlight as well! *cue The Tick theme* Might I recommend a Martin Tartan? Fun to say, fantastic pattern

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Try USAKilts, bro... ask for Rocky.  He's the owner so you should get results.

[Sir Martin]

You might also take a look at Stillwater Kilts.  They have a vast array of kilts available from the most basic/economical to premium materials/historically accurate.  Great customer service and reasonable prices too.

http://www.stillwaterkilts.com/index.html

[batninja]

A second vote for Stillwater!  I ordered my $80 kilt on a Friday, it was in my mailbox on Monday.

[Anna Iram]

I have no advice to offer regarding where you might find your kilt Breandan, but let me be the first lady in our realm to lift a glass and cheer for the latest kilted lad in our midst! Huzzah to you and a most especial Huzzah and thanks to your wife and Kilt Muse Extraordinaire!  

[bellevivre]

what's your waist size? if youre not concerned with what tartan it is, hubby bought a too large (36 maybe?) kilt in McLeod Ancient and we need to be rid of it...

[will paisley]

A second vote for Stillwater!  I ordered my $80 kilt on a Friday, it was in my mailbox on Monday.

A third vote for Stillwater.  I got the whole package: kilt, shirt, sporran, socks and flashes - everything except ghillies - for what most kilts cost elsewhere.

[Just Randall]

http://www.sportkilt.com/index.php?afid=1003

Good prices, machine washable, HUGE choice of tartans, we got one each for all the kids, this is what Kevin wore as Prince James last year.

[Hercules]

As a fore-warning to the rest of us dewds. The real question is..........Do you plan to wear it the "traditional" way?

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Celtic Croft maybe able to take care of you, also... kilts-n-stuff.com 

[Breandan]

bell- I wear 38 jeans, so it might work, especially if I drop a little pudge

Herc- nope, I chafe and I work in a blacksmith shop where slag and sparks can rebound upwards, so its boxer-briefs for me

[HollyAtFairyEffects]

Wouldn't a kilt violate the "no flowy clothes near the forge" rule?  I mean, if sparks flew, wouldn't you want more than boxer briefs?  Just asking...

and btw, Catholic School skirts are actually better made than a lot of kilts I see out there. I should know.  I wore one for 12 years

[Hercules]

So Breandan will need a asbestos underoos?

[MacKee]

Breandan, tartan or solid? Traditional or modern?

I have a black Sport kilt. 38"