the Short Modern Kilt

[revdpatience]

My eight-yard tartan kilt is 27" long, as I stand about 6'6" tall -- and even at that the bottom edge rests exactly at the middle of my kneecap.

I purchased a Utilikilt for my brother (who's taller than me, but only from the waist up) when I was in Seattle earlier this year, and when I tried one on their "long" size of 24" hit me in the same place on my knee even though the waist fit down around my hips like a pair of jeans. I get the attraction, but to my mind they are two completely different garments.

My tailored business suits do not fit like my jeans, nor should they. My tailored kilt doesn't fit like my business suits, nor should it.

I continue to be dismayed how men are getting their kilts made shorter and shorter.

The "standard length" for hire kilts etc for men of average height was/is 24".

I don't feel right in a kilt any shorter than 25", I prefer 25.5. I'm a tad over 6'3".