Quote Originally Posted by Graham
Freelander, 'me 'ol mate, this is what a kiltmaker recently said to me:

"I've found, measuring out most kilts we get to adjust, that when they claim to be 8 yards, they are only 5 or 6 yards. We're going to be taking the "yardage approximates" off of our site b/c it's MISLEADING. If someone with a waist of 32 inches orders an 8 yard kilt and someone with a waist of 54 inches orders the same pattern in an 8 yard kilt, the yardage is GOING to be different. That's why it's misleading." (name withheld to protect identity)
Graham,

If your kiltmaker friend is to be believed, some kiltmakers have been ripping off their customers. I have a 34 inch waist, and I have just measured the total length of material in my (nominal 8 yard) traditional kilt, and it is almost exactly 8 yards.

Rob (who has found that he can trust his kiltmaker, Laura Hepplewhite of McCalman Kilts)