the Short Modern Kilt

[OC Richard]

I continue to be dismayed how men are getting their kilts made shorter and shorter.

The "standard length" for hire kilts etc for men of average height was/is 24".

I don't feel right in a kilt any shorter than 25", I prefer 25.5. I'm a tad over 6'3".

But in, what, the last 20 years or so kiltwearers (AFAIK especially in the USA) have kept pushing their kilts lower and lower on their hips, further and further below their natural waist, and demanding shorter and shorter kilts from the makers.

I was gobsmacked to see this just now on Ebay, a whole set of band kilts, with waist sizes suggesting adult male kilts, all with lengths of 22 inches or 21 inches.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SCOTLAND-FO...%7C6000%7C7000

Traditionally those lengths would be indicative of men well under average height. So either there was a Pipe Band consisting of short large men, or a Pipe Band consisting of average-height men who wanted their kilts to fit down around their hips.

BTW I see that they did have one kilt with a 25" length, that would be for me! So they had one gent who was either very tall or liked high kilts.