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[Ryan Ross]

As to a military length kilt, it has always been my understanding that a military cut kilt, will be slightly shorter, by about 1/2 inch; than a middle of the knee cap cut kilt.

A kilt cut after the military fashion will fall to the middle of the knee (when fit properly), but will have a very high rise, meaning that its top will be about four inches above the "natural waist" or top of the hip bone.

That is my understanding, at any rate.


Back to the OP, if the kilt is a bit long, there is no reason that you can't have pretty much any tailor hem the bottom with a machine blind stitch; about 20 bucks should get that done. It may not be traditional, but as long as the material is no heavier than, say, 13 oz., it's likely that no one will be able to tell.

As for the hose, I think Nighthawk is right on the money.

[Nighthawk]

A kilt cut after the military fashion will fall to the middle of the knee (when fit properly), but will have a very high rise, meaning that its top will be about four inches above the "natural waist" or top of the hip bone.

That is my understanding, at any rate.

As for the hose, I think Nighthawk is right on the money.

Exactly right! On both. And I suspect the military rise is higher for the same reason that I like it... So you can keep your knees warm!