Originally Posted by
Blu (Ontario)
When I bought my first kilt, the kiltmaker advised me that there was one proper length and that was the middle of the knee.
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Charles Thompson wrote in his book "So You're Going to Wear The Kilt" that of his three current kilts the one he liked best was the shortest and that, although it looked to him as if it were at the top of the knee, when he measured against a mark on his knee it was really one inch above the top of the kneecap.
I just sent my first kilt back to Scotland (and that was tough after all that waiting, especially since they offered me a 40 pound credit instead) because it was pleated to the sett whan I has specified to the stripe. I had measured it to the center of the knee, 25", and after trying it on several times to make up my mind if I wanted to keep it and take the discount, decided that I wanted the pleat the way I like it and that 24" length was more to my liking. The store (Kiltstore.net, an X-Marks sponsor) agreed to replace the kilt, making the length adjustment, and cover my costs for return shipping. I suggested they just give me store credit for the shipping transaction and they made it 1.5 times my shipping costs. I was very happy with how they treated me and wanted to let other X-Markers know about it.
BTW, they might soon have an 8-yard Balmoral in Gordon Modern on their sale pages. Measurements are 36" waist, 41.5" seat, and 25" long, pleated to the sett in N. Batley 15-oz wool. Tthey told me that this cloth is more like a 13-oz weight, and so it seemed to me.)
Last edited by turpin; 5th August 06 at 12:58 PM.
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