Kilt sizing, how much adjustment

[Barb T]

The answer to that really depends on how the person who took your measurements used those measurements in making the kilt and on whether you were measured at "summer weight" or "winter weight".

A kilt that is even 1/2" too small will be obviously too small, because the edge of the underapron will start to show along the fringe edge of the apron. On the other hand, if a kilt is even several inches too big, the buckles can be moved toward the center back of the kilt, and no one is going to notice that the apron comes a little farther around toward the back than it would if it fit absolutely perfectly.

So, if your weight goes up and down with the seasons, measure yourself at your heaviest weight, and ask your kiltmaker to put the buckles on so that they buckle in a hole near the end of the strap. That way, when you slim down to summer weight, you just cinch up the straps (which are typically a couple inches long), and you don't have to move the buckles.

BTW - here's a thread that I posted awhile back that shows just how good a kilt can look even if it is *way* too big and the buckles have to be moved to make it fit:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...oo-much-59745/