Royal Regiment of Scotland kilt pics

[BruceK]

Before doing that, however, a fitting should be done to determine if the fell length (sewn down portion of the pleats) will still be correct. These military kilts with 2-inch rises ride really high. Get the horizontal center line of the top buckle up into your natural waist and see if the top part fits correctly by sticking your index fingers into the first pleat on each side (left and right) and slide them up to where the stitched part begins. Your fingertips should rest atop the point of your leg bone where it enters your hip bone (everyone sing along now!), or the pivot points when you lift your legs (one at a time, please. We don't need a new jumping Hamish pose. ) If the top part of your kilt fits O.K...

.. then we can talk about the length.

Wow. I just tried the kilt on again and if I follow the above description then the bottom of the kilt rests at durned near the top of my knee. So to paraphrase another post, I now have a kilt with a built-in corset. I am now reconsidering getting a shorter kilt or shortening this one. If that's the way the military kilts are supposed to be worn...

[McMurdo]

I would leave it as it is a Military Kilt, and a piece of history of sorts, take a look at the rise on this kilt

[Nervous Jock]

My kilt arrived today firstly i must say the material and workmanship are great it is a light year ahead of the standard issue kilt (pre RRS). This is real value for money

As with previous comments the kilt rise is high but it is exactly the same at the issue kilt I currently have however because the material is far superior it feel less obvious. Interestingly its also the same length as the kilt i got issued in 1990!!

My only problem now is the few (read lots) of fatboy pounds I put on that I need to shed to get into it properly.

What better incentive can you have :-)

[BruceK]

I would leave it as it is a Military Kilt, and a piece of history of sorts, take a look at the rise on this kilt

Thanks for posting the photo again. I had seen the thread on the museum but I didn't pay much attention to the kilt worn by the docent. I will try my kilt on again and compare against his.

I'm going to screw up the terminology so please bear with me...

Shouldn't the military kilt and a "normal" dress kilt have the same "fell" length? The length I'm referring to here is the length of the unsewn pleats. Or is that the "drop" length? AAR, shouldn't that length be the same on the two kilts?

[turpin]

The fell is the sewn part of the pleats. on any trad kilt it should be the same distance from your natural waist to the bottom, but can vary from the waist up depending on the rise the kiltmaker puts into it. The drop is typically from waist to bottom of kilt. The unsewn part of the pleats is called the unsewn part of the pleats, i guess. It sounds right that the unsewn part should be the same length from kit to kilt for a given drop.

I'd agree with the folks above - If you can wear it with the rise as is and have it near top of knee, keep it as is. If you do decide to get it shortened, Have it done at the to so you don't have ot mess with a hem, which would mess up the look of the MBP, IMO.