First time Kilt, problem with fit?

[Cearnaigh]

Hello,

so new in this Forum and allready pestering my betters.

Long Story short. After long consideration and saving up, i orderd my first Kilt. It is a Casual Black Watch. May i upload some pics of me wearing it? My Bodyform may have distorted the measurements. Or i am to klutzy to do them right. If the Members could take a look and tell me if i look like ive put on a miniskirt, that woult help me a lot. Il take the Pictures after i come from Work.

Wish i could have gone to the Store to have my measurements taken. Onlineshoping, the bane of the poor.

Till later
Marcel

[tokareva]

There are many here who will be glad to help you, I'm not qualified to, but I am looking forward to seeing your pics.

[Taskr]

Happy to take a look, if you took your measurements on your own you might have induced an error. Another factor might be where you measured your waist and if that is indeed where you are wearing it

[The Wizard of BC]

There is also the very common problem that ALL traditional style kilts are designed to fit differenly than blue jeans. Traditional style kilts must be worn in the older style with the top strap cinched into the anatomical waist. (Or about three to four finger widths below the bottom of the breastbone.)

Very few guys today have ever worn anything made like this. They don't know, and are not taught, that a kilt is not a pair of pants.

If you try to wear a kilt like you wear pants it simply will not fit well or look good.


A kilt is one of the few garments left in todays world made this way. You can't adjust the fit of the kilt to how you are used to wearing other clothing - you adjust your thinking to the garment.

[SunriseEarth]

Please post pictures, Marcel. We can provide our opinions.

[Cearnaigh]

Done with work,

here are the pics. Hope they are good enaugh. My Cam is kinda meh.

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When i was measured, i was standing upright, measured from whaistline to the middle of the knee. I hold the Kilt to my whaistline and it hangs to middle of my knee. But when i put it on this is the result.

Now, is this still ok? The bottom kinda floats 1cm, 0,4 inch above the knee. Got the bodyshape of a Chicken

[macmanjim]

Hello,

so new in this Forum and allready pestering my betters.

Long Story short. After long consideration and saving up, i orderd my first Kilt. It is a Casual Black Watch. May i upload some pics of me wearing it? My Bodyform may have distorted the measurements. Or i am to klutzy to do them right. If the Members could take a look and tell me if i look like ive put on a miniskirt, that woult help me a lot. Il take the Pictures after i come from Work.

Wish i could have gone to the Store to have my measurements taken. Onlineshoping, the bane of the poor.

Till later
Marcel

What's the drop on the kilt and how tall are you? What are your normal pants inseam (to get an idea of torso length)?

[tokareva]

I was thinking about this and wondering why some more material couldn't be added to the top of the kilt. It might look a little strange but it would make the kilt longer. The only thing might be the cost, if its even possible.