A Military Kilt is designed to be worn VERY high. The top straps should be cinched into your natural waist. This is just under your ribcage at the side of your body. The top of the Kilt will cover your short ribs at the spine.

This is not the place most men expect the Kilt to fit. With blue jeans worn so low today the waistband is down over the hip bones and most men today think that that is where you measure the waist for a Kilt. Not so with a Traditional Kilt. And particularly with old Military Kilts.

Many of the Old Military Kilt were all the same length. About 27" long. You put the kilt on so that the hem was at the top of the knee cap and let it ride up as high as it is long. So on a short man the top of the Kilt could be almost at nipple level. Of course you don't see this in the old military photos because you almost always wore a tunic over the Kilt.

If the Kilt still seems to be too long but is fine in the waist and hip measurements you can find a kiltmaker willing to re-build it for you. They will take off the waistband and cut the top of the Kilt off. Re-position the Straps & buckles, re-taper the Fell, and replace the stabilizer and hair canvas and liner. It's almost a complete re-build of the Kilt from the Steeking line up.