High rise military kilts

[OC Richard]

You can't see it very often in photos, because the soldiers are usually wearing jackets. And when you can see the entire kilt you can't be sure of the kilt's length because you don't know how tall that particular soldier was.

But here you can see a kilt that surely must be made from the entire width of tartan, and worn by a rather short man



Here's another rare pic of soldiers without their jackets



As far as 'the modern era' goes, that would mean, in Scotland, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and judging from the RRS kilts I've seen sold on Ebay, they have a rise more similar to modern civilian kilts.

Here's the Drum Major of the Argylls, probably in the 1990s. I don't know how tall this man is, but you can see that the kilt comes fairly high on him, though not as high as in 'the old days' seen above.



Here's the problem with Royal Regiment of Scotland kilts being sold on Ebay... the 'drop' and 'rise' aren't listed on army kilts!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROYAL-REGI...item2a35510f7b

The formula is total man's height/waist circumference/hip circumference.