A Major Advantage of Kilts Over Pants

[cloves]

so....uhm...being uneducated in such matters....and without being crude....does it make a difference? Er...what I mean is....does a tailor actually take that into account somehow when he constructs a pair of pants? If they do......then what do you do when you buy jeans or pants ready made? Squish everything to one side???

[McMurdo]

Squish everything to one side???

That is about it in my experience, I cant tell you how uncomfortable it can become, thankfully, now I can wear a kilt instead, and not only be more comfortable but look better as well.

[JimB]

so....uhm...being uneducated in such matters....and without being crude....does it make a difference? Er...what I mean is....does a tailor actually take that into account somehow when he constructs a pair of pants? If they do......then what do you do when you buy jeans or pants ready made? Squish everything to one side???

As near as I can tell that's not taken into account other than sometimes having a "tall" size which means there is an allowance for the tall frame.
Most pants are sized by waist and inseam and that's it.

[Fearnest]

so....uhm...being uneducated in such matters....and without being crude....does it make a difference? Er...what I mean is....does a tailor actually take that into account somehow when he constructs a pair of pants? If they do......then what do you do when you buy jeans or pants ready made? Squish everything to one side???

Actually, for a high-end tailor-made (from scratch) suit, yes, the tailor takes the "dress" into account.

For an off-the-rack suit that will be altered (or an off-the-rack pair of p@nts or je@ns), then one is stuck with making sure they are comfortable to wear before walking out the door with them - the cut and design of the basic garment is going to be key (as is getting the proper size by trying it on, not just by grabbing the "34X32 I always wear").

[gilmore]

what do you do when you buy jeans or pants ready made? Squish everything to one side???

Were the '60's really that long ago?

[Blu (Ontario)]

... then what do you do when you buy jeans or pants ready made? Squish everything to one side???

Uh huh......

and I can't begin to tell you how much pain I've lived with over the years from blue jeans. Just lived with it all those years because that's what real men do, right? After discaussing the problem with my doctor, I gave them up for good a couple of years ago.

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[mudd]

does a tailor actually take that into account somehow when he constructs a pair of pants?

I always thought this was a case of the tailor being polite when preparing to take an inseam measurement and deciding which leg to use so not to disturb anything.

[cloves]

I always thought this was a case of the tailor being polite when preparing to take an inseam measurement and deciding which leg to use so not to disturb anything.

yeah, all along that's what I thought too. I just figured they asked so they'd stay away while measuring you.