Bid to keep kilt-making in check

From the BBC:

SCOTLAND | Some of the country's leading kilt-makers are meeting in Perth to determine exactly what is, and what is not, a Scottish kilt.

The organisers hope by outlining the skills needed to make a genuine kilt, they will be better able to protect the craft from cheap imitations.

Fashion and textiles body Skillfast-UK wants to create a set of National Occupational Standards.

They want to create a blueprint for the traditional kilt-making industry. The meeting will cover general tailoring skills as well as construction techniques and specialist knowledge of tartan.

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