puckered kilt front

[The Wizard of BC]

1) The kilt is in desperate need of a pressing. Just to the left of the fringe you can see what used to be a pleat. No crease left at all.
2) The kilt is way too small. Again, just left of the apron you can see about 4"of under apron showing.
3) This is a machine sewn kilt. To the right of the fringe you see the line of machine stitching where the facing is sewn down.
4) A guess only but this does not look like a wool kilt to me at all. The texture of the fabric face would make me guess acrylic.
5) The sporran is on using a buzz kidder like chain which has no belt in the back but is simply one long length of chain. Looping it back on itself is how you shorten it.
6) All of this would lead me to another guess about the front apron appearing lower. I will guess that this kilt is very short and being worn at low rise. Or was made for someone significantly shorter and smaller around than the current wearer. Perhaps when the wearer was younger.

I see almost every single one of these effects on an almost daily basis. This is usually when some guy comes in to my shop and says something like "I bought this on The Royal Mile a few years ago. I've grown a little bit. Can you alter it?" or "This was bought in Scotland for my brother. Can you make it fit me?"