putting it on improperly

[OC Richard]

Right, the most expensive items for a startup Pipe Band are the kilts and the drums. (Pipers provide their own pipes, except with some youth bands.)

Established bands which have been wearing the same tartan for many years generally have kilts in a wide range of sizes and can fit everybody. (Bands can wear the same tartan for a half-century or more, due to the tremendous expense of changing.)

Old band kilts have had their buckles moved many times over the decades, and sometimes hemmed for shorter members, and later un-hemmed, and so forth.

[jsrnephdoc]

Right, the most expensive items for a startup Pipe Band are the kilts and the drums. (Pipers provide their own pipes, except with some youth bands.)

Established bands which have been wearing the same tartan for many years generally have kilts in a wide range of sizes and can fit everybody. (Bands can wear the same tartan for a half-century or more, due to the tremendous expense of changing.)

Old band kilts have had their buckles moved many times over the decades, and sometimes hemmed for shorter members, and later un-hemmed, and so forth.

While Grade 5 and 4 bands likely are smaller than at least the Grade 3 units, limiting those "passing the kilt" expenses, your post made me wonder whether the typical band has a seamstress "on retainer," (or at least a favorite they use repetitively).

In Bozeman, I used a woman who made costumes for the local ballet company from SCRATCH). When my weight loss (Ozempic, and necessary for my health) meant I needed to have the straps moved on my Lunar kilt, Barb Tewksbury sent me detailed instructions on just HOW she should move them, for which she was grateful. I provided her a copy of Barb's book, but I rarely saw anyone else kilted in Bozeman (the only games I know of in Montana are in Hamilton.

But, back to the example of the ill-fitting kit that started this thread, there are three other elements in his dress that suggests the band is truly dealing with a limited budget:

1. Although the "protagonist" is wearing his kilt too low, it's still too small, yet his sporran chain is too LONG!
2. His waistcoat is too SHORT
3. His kilt is pleated differently from his mate's

I don't remember what band they represent. If they're local to Las Vegas, perhaps I need to find out who actually DOES those alterations, for future reference.