Almost any competent Tailor should be able to do this simple alteration for you.
You wrap the kilt around yourself without fastening the straps and buckles so the tailor can mark the over lap of the new size.
Then - Un-stitch and remove the buckle, or buckles if there are two, on the right side.
And on the under-apron the strap for the left side.
You then sew these back on at the new size location.
But please remember that hidden under the liner on the inside of the kilt are the floating interfacing which gives the kilt it's vertical stiffness and a strip of fabric called the stabilizer which is like a belt built inside to provide horizontal strength.
When the buckles and strap are sewn back on the stitches MUST pass through the outer Tartan fabric and be anchored to these internal strengthening elements.
If the stitches do no go all the way through or the stitches are made with cotton or a thread that is prone to failure this could be the result.<br>
In this case you can see that the buckles are still in place but were sewn just to the outer Tartan fabric and not anchored to the internal elements and this caused the pleat stitching to fail.
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