Can a kilt be made smaller?

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Most professional kilt makers I know who do alteration work would charge you at least a couple hundred dollars to do what would need to be done to make a kilt that much smaller. For the additional money you'd spend, I would think you could find a kilt closer to your waist size (most ex-MoD kilts are in small sizes, anyway), or have a new kilt made to your measurements.

[RockyR]

Most professional kilt makers I know who do alteration work would charge you at least a couple hundred dollars to do what would need to be done to make a kilt that much smaller. For the additional money you'd spend, I would think you could find a kilt closer to your waist size (most ex-MoD kilts are in small sizes, anyway), or have a new kilt made to your measurements.

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[Matty Ross]

What it comes down to is, What is the kilt worth to you. Yes you can buy a new Black Watch wool at Stillwater for $149.00 . I recently got a kilt that had been made smaller by 10 inches. They simply put two 2.5 inch pleats on each side I would have never noticed if the tag had not listed it as a 42 and when I tried it on realized it was closer to 32. I picked the stitches out of the apron and paid a tailor 39 dollars to sew it back up. In my opinion if your good with a sewing machine, go for it. What do you have to loose. Or you could sell it and buy a new one. What is that kilt worth to you.