Too short?

[Pleater]

I did a fancy stitch on the hem of my new kilt - but it turned out a bit long - no matter, I thought - until I wore it out in the wind and rain. It was soon heavy enough not to fly about - but it was like wearing a ring of sand paper around the knees.

Now it is dry and the hem is cut off - no more fancy stuff, and nothing long enough to catch the back of the knee joint - a little more abraision and I would be needing skin grafts.

Slightly short is far better than even half an inch too long.

It depends on how the waist is formed and backed, but if you wear the kilt it might stretch slightly and settle a little lower.

However...

Reading the description of the length measurement required - I'd have thought the kilt should be rather longer than that. Is it?

Kils are worn higher on the body than hip level, so I would think that the measurement from the hip would be a number of inches too short.

[Jerry]

Okay. I finally dug out my digital camera and took a couple of pics. As for the measurements, I asssumed that they would add an inch or two for the rise, to the hip measurement. The first pic is with the kilt worn just slightly above where I wear jeans (It is touching the navel)



The second pic is with the kilt worn at the hips (actual point of measurement). The hip to knee measurement was 19 inches. The rest of my kilts (other than my Still water economy) are 22 inches and hit at just about mid knee. I feel somewhat like I'm wearing a mini-kilt in this one. In fact the customs declaration on the box says "mini kilt". Here is the second pic with the kilt sitting at about the actual measurement point. Please keep in mind that what I'm wearing is not what I'd actually wear with this kilt or any other that my old Sportkilt around the house. I wonder if Mac, Barb, or any other kilt maker have any idea as to whether a taylor or seamstress could lengthen it? For my tastes, it would be a fantastic kilt if it was just an inch and a half longer. When I ordered it I was looking for a solid black kilt made like a traditional

[mbhandy]

Jerry,

I Think you are right about it being to short and you can tell by your body language you are not happy? :-? I tend to wear my kilts higher and just touch the knee. More along the lines of the SWK.


MrBill

[Rob Wright]

To me either position looks good.

But. The question is, what is comfortable for you. I wear mine either at the middle of the knee or the top depending, I have a casual that's a little shorter than my traditionals and wear that one at the top of the knee.

If your not comfortable with the length a solution is needed. Good luck.

That is a fine looking solid though.

Rob

[mudd]

Man, in those pictures, it looks like you are about to bury something... or somebody.

[Jerry]

Man, in those pictures, it looks like you are about to bury something... or somebody.

Probably myself. I've been battling either the flu or a really bad cold all weekend, and it was in the 30s outside. With the fever I've been running I felt like I was going to freeze to death

[NewKilt]

Originally posted by mbhandy
I Think you are right about it being to short and you can tell by your body language you are not happy? I tend to wear my kilts higher and just touch the knee. More along the lines of the SWK.

Jerry,

Sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well. I tend to agree with mbhandy. I tend to wear my SWK's higher than either of your pictures, and they hit me at the top of the knee to slightly below the top.

Darrell

[mudd]

Probably myself. I've been battling either the flu or a really bad cold all weekend, and it was in the 30s outside. With the fever I've been running I felt like I was going to freeze to death

Hay, it wasn't so much the look, but that combined with the shovel next to you.
Hope you fell better.

[Jerry]

Jerry,

Sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well. I tend to agree with mbhandy. I tend to wear my SWK's higher than either of your pictures, and they hit me at the top of the knee to slightly below the top.
Darrell

Darrell, I usually wear all of my kilts higher than either of the photos. The first was close to where I wear jeans and the second was ridicously low, almost like some women wear jeans, right on the hips. This would not work at all for me unless I used suspenders (braces for the Brits).

[NewKilt]

Jerry,

I went to the Kiltstore site and read about the Fashion Kilt. While it's worn lower on the waist than a traditional (more along the lines of your first picture), it should be hitting you about mid-knee. If your measurements were correct, in my opinion, they owe you a new kilt. Other than the length issue, that's a very nice solid color kilt.

If your measurements were correct, I'd send them those pictures to support your case.

Of course if it happened to me, with my Irish temper, my pictures would have someone dressed as the grim reaper standing beside me, and a fake headstone on the ground that said "Kiltstore R.I.P."

Darrell Lawrence