Two Question's about box pleated

[Bassbarijpm]

I made one. I"m 34 waist 42 hips and I used 154 liner inches to make it. Remember that it's better to get a little too much fabric then have too little.

[SmarxCharleston]

I apologize for the delay, and this is no mean's to resurrect a prayed for dead thread.

I have put much thought into it, however, and am now leaning toward a natural waist.
For one, I am all for ergonomic's, and my only instinct against that is a strictly OCD attitude toward my clothing. Five shirt's all the same, the same style of sock's, and all pant's/skirt's starting at the jean waist.
Well... If the history stuck to it, if wearing a corset once upon a time did also help to straighten my back (as well as someone like Andy Warhol after getting shot in the spine), if it's helped other's breathing, if it's really bad to wear anything thick around the jean waist, if tight fit's can cause nerve compression and digestive issue's, and and and it truly is a better swing up high; then maybe the pant line just lazily fell down instead of stuck up to it's root's.

And that, if you imagine with energy with me for a second.. Close your eye's and imagine wearing a tunic. Instead of tying it at your natural waist, imagine putting your sword or belt around your jean waist. Quite suffocating feeling if you ask me.
Or perhap's a more practical realization of this is tucking your shirt into short's/jean's. Oh dear and especially with a tuxedo/collared shirt. Something about stuffing your clothing into your groin region, and fighting to keep it in there. Remind's me of a Loony Tune's episode where a composer's vest keep's flipping up whilst composing.
It does create a goofy appearance tying at the jean waist, that may only fit a serious booty.

At this point, the only garment that I can see fitting at the waist is something both light and with about an inch of hold. Like boxer's or short short's, perhap's the draw string waist and tight's.
I can see that it would also promote bad back posture to wear something that cut's off circulation in the wrong place's of girth instead of the 'natural' waist. I recall reading an article about tight pant's cutting off circulation between the groin and stomach.
Man, were human's just meant to remain naked?

And so with being a slave to ergonomic's, I will be trying the belt method, but most likely I have no choice now but to wear it at the natural waist. It's very strange for the prime show-off to my clothing style to transition from the upper garment's to lower. It's a very masculine feeling. A kilt is like an overcoat for me leg's.

Thank's for all the help guy's and girl's, I found exactly what I was looking for and couldn't be more satisfied with it.
I'll try it, and my mind's fairly convinced of this hip-waist proposition.

[Pleater]

I am fairly sure that the reason trousers are cut low is to save material and make the production costs lower.

They take a lot of fabric and in mass production every inch less is a little more profit.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: