Not putting it on properly

[Bagpipe Esoterica]

And, perhaps it's not wise to stipulate that flashes are worn at between two and three o'clock. . . .because someone's going to assume it applies to both legs:

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That is a head scratcher. It would seem to make logical sense that both are worn facing the outside. They are best seen on the outside, and on the outside they aren't rubbing against the other leg while you walk. I can bet this person wouldn't wear a skein dubh on the inside for that reason..

1:00, 2:00, 3 fingers from the center.. or 2 fingers for spindle shanks.. I think if they are even, on each side, and in a band everyone has them uniformly oriented, its good.

I dunno, I still prefer to have flashes centered on side of the leg.

The thing that makes the least sense to me about flashes.. is that makers did not switch to Vel-stretch 12 years ago. Elasticized soft side velcro, with a wee tab of sticky side velcro. Its a heavier duty, and superior elastic to the bra hook nonsense, easier to make, and easier to adjust..

[Riverkilt]

As mentioned. Some vendors forget to educate new customers.

[Tarheel]

I'm changing my post here. I realized that I don't know what I'm talking about (contrary to believing I do). There is a bliss to being an idiot sometimes. Thank you all for not slamming my shortcomings.

If I cared what people think of me (when I open and mouth and insert my foot) I wouldn't be as much fun to laugh at and with. I will continue to learn, to err and improve at a snail's pace. I offer a toast to imperfection.

[Holcombe Thomas]

When I picked up my kilt from the tailor (in Hong Kong!), he pointed out that the basting was to come out before wearing. I didn't need the warning, but appreciated it nonetheless. I never object to advice calculated to keep me out of trouble.

Holcombe

[OC Richard]

That pic of the guy wearing the kilt with the basting still there reminds me of another thing that happens when people wear the kilt too low: the "fell" ends up lower than it's supposed to be, so that the stitched portion goes under their backside, very bad-looking.

I suppose that if a guy is going to wear his kilt too low, with the top down around his hips and the bottom at the bottom of the knees, he should tell his kiltmaker, so that the fell can be put a couple inches higher.

[Blupiper]

Is wearing the kilt without taking out the basting the equivalent of buying a dress and leaving on the tags? So you can return it after the event and swear you didn't use it.

JMB

[Alan H]

I'm guilty of wearing the kilt out, the very first time, with the basting still in it. I only did it once, though.

[The Q]

I didn't notice the basting stiches on my kilt, until I got out of the car at the first function I was going to attend. they were black stiches on a Black Stewart kilt. Luckily I almost always carry a pocket knife and the one I had that day had scissors.

[James Hood]

'Encountered and quietly recommended to an individual, remove the basting stitches, at the Festival in Chicago, last month.

Another man had the pleats in front and when he was agin, quietly spoken with, not he, but his feminine companion, turned beet-red.

Sellers of ready-made kilts might do well to provide an optional card for novices, of how to don and adjust the kilt.

[Evestay53]

Gentlemen,
I have learned so much from what others have done wrong as I did from the posts on how to properly put on a kilt.
Thanks for all this advice.

If and when I am fortunate enough to own a kilt, I pray one of you gentlemen are around to help me make the necessary corrections. I want my ancestors to smile and not shake and lower their heads.