No taper. . . I wonder.

There have been several discussions here about people who say that their rump and waist measurements are the same.

In reality, you probably have two circles of the same diameter (waist circle and rump circle) but I doubt that they have the exact same center in your body.

Try this -- imagine you are wearing p@nts, or actually put a pair on if you own them. Now measure from side seam to side seam around the FRONT of your waist. Then measure side seam to side seam around the REAR of your rump. This is about what your finished kilt hip measure should be, and I bet it is larger than you think. The aprons need to fall straight down from your navel toward the floor, not tuck inward under your belly.

I could be wrong, of course, but very few people are truly straight up and down with zero taper from buttocks to small of back.