Kilt Lengths in Gathering Photos

**Santa Wally** · 21st August 09, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Paul.

I've seen a guy wearing ... a plaid on "the wrong shoulder" However - he probably thinks "it's ok... it'll do" or had simply looked at a reversed or mirror-taken picture to guide him!

Yes, that's what happened to me. My first photo with a plaid, taken on National Tartan Day '09, after having a kilt for only a month, my plaid was on the wrong shoulder. I put it on while looking in the mirror and it looked right according to the photos I'd seen. DUH, the mirror isn't the way it will look to others or in the photo. That's why in my avatar photo, the plaid is on the wrong shoulder. I'll post a new avatar after I receive my Clan Claus (Claus of the North Pole) kilt.

**Strings** · 31st August 09, 10:17 PM

Honestly, I base my prefered length on the time of year. My first traditional kilt is a Macleod the comes to bottom of/just below the knee, and is what I like mid winter. Reason? Since I'm a smoker, and end up banished to the outdoors to indulge, the extra length allows me to kneel and "seal off" my legs from the wind...

**Larry124** · 1st September 09, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by Strings

Honestly, I base my prefered length on the time of year. My first traditional kilt is a Macleod the comes to bottom of/just below the knee, and is what I like mid winter. Reason? Since I'm a smoker, and end up banished to the outdoors to indulge, the extra length allows me to kneel and "seal off" my legs from the wind...

My aunt lives in Wisconsin, and even though she was a Woman USMC in WWII, I think that she would agree with you about mid-winter Wisconsin. You do what you have to do.