Not putting it on properly

[David]

I understand the points made about hire kilts not being tailored to suit the wearer and the need to stock "average" sizes. But how hard can it be for the hire company staff to tell the wearer to just pull the waist up till the critical part of the kilt i.e. the bottom of it is at the correct height - just at the knee. I think everyone at the wedding was wearing a waistcoat, therefore the top of their kilt would have been covered by their waistcoat. Hiking the waist up would have corrected the length and filled the gap between the kilt and waistcoat, thereby covering the shirt and resolving two kilt wearing mistakes in one easy action. I was going to tell my young cousin to do this very thing when SWMBO told me in no uncertain terms to keep my mouth shut and not cause embarrassment or a scene with anyone. This is an example of what we are up against.

We have another family wedding in 6 weeks or so, my son will be going to this one and wants to wear the kilt. He is nervous about his thin legs, but is keen to give it a go nevertheless. As it will be a hired kilt outfit and bearing in mind his concerns, I will be with him for the fitting despite him being in his mid 20's, and I will make sure he has the basics of putting it on properly sorted out before he looks in a full length mirror.