Too short?

[GlassMan]

I like mine right at the top of the knee. Do you have a pic of what you look like in it?

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Great idea Phil. Post a pic Jerry. Let us give you our unbiased opinion. I personally like to wear mine so that the bottom of the kilt is right at the top of the knee or slightly below.

[Blu (Ontario)]

The traditional Kiltmaker that made my first kilt insisted that the correct length was to the middle of the kneecap. My subsequent kilts were made to fall to the top of the knee and I believe they look better.

[michael steinrok]

Jerry wear do like the kilt level at. If you don't like it , why put up with it?

[Riverkilt]

Take a look at some of the old paintings of kilted Scots...it might look a bit long compared to them.

I like my kilts at the top of my knee or higher...though it is taking me some time to get used to the bare leg look when I sit...wouldn't think twice about it in shorts...weird...relative thing I guess.

Your kilt, your body, follow your heart.

Ron

[James]

Better much short than too long-first for appearance: and secondly comfort in bad weather.

James

[Pleater]

I did a fancy stitch on the hem of my new kilt - but it turned out a bit long - no matter, I thought - until I wore it out in the wind and rain. It was soon heavy enough not to fly about - but it was like wearing a ring of sand paper around the knees.

Now it is dry and the hem is cut off - no more fancy stuff, and nothing long enough to catch the back of the knee joint - a little more abraision and I would be needing skin grafts.

Slightly short is far better than even half an inch too long.

It depends on how the waist is formed and backed, but if you wear the kilt it might stretch slightly and settle a little lower.

However...

Reading the description of the length measurement required - I'd have thought the kilt should be rather longer than that. Is it?

Kils are worn higher on the body than hip level, so I would think that the measurement from the hip would be a number of inches too short.