Quote Originally Posted by JimB View Post
Well, I thought about using buckles when I first started kiltmaking, but quite honestly velcro was easier. It holds just as well as buckles and that's only with 3 inches on either end of the apron. Some here are of the opinion that you need more, but that's a personal choice I guess. I've never had a kilt sag or give me any other problem.
Now of course you must understand that I use a kilt belt which adds to the security on it's own account.
I don't miss the buckles and I doubt anyone could tell the difference. I have one kilt with buckles and they are hidden by the kilt belt anyway.
So... there you have it. Cheaper, easier, holds just as well, and who's going to know the difference?
If you don't mind a "second" on your motion...

With my early camo kilts, I used small strips (2-3 inches) of hook-and-loop to hold apron edges in place in order to fasten the integrated webbing belt. After that happened, the aprons never sagged out of place. I have used hook-and-loop only on cotton and cotton/poly kilts.

With my wool kilts, I have most often used buckles form Tandy Leather. They are larger (especially, longer) than standard kilt buckles, but they're cheap (and I'm cheap.)

My last kilt has a personality like a military kilt of decades past; it has no buttonhole and no buckle at all on the underapron. It has only one buckle (Tandy) on the apron, which I am seriously considering taking off because the wide belt drives it uncomfortably into my side. Maybe the lower profile standard kilt buckle would be more comfortable. However, this kilt made its public debut with no buckles and naught but the belt to hold it in place - and no problem of any kind was experienced.

To summarize, I guess each kilt has its own personality, and the choice of fasteners, if any, is up to the wearer.