How important is a belt?

**Seanmadra** · 22nd September 11, 02:56 PM

Thanks to all for the pros/cons of to thread or not to thread, the belt through the loops...I for one have found all my custom fitted kilts keep sliding south without one. I like the visual break too.

**Jordan** · 22nd September 11, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Seanmadra

Thanks to all for the pros/cons of to thread or not to thread, the belt through the loops...I for one have found all my custom fitted kilts keep sliding south without one. I like the visual break too.

Is your kilt being worn tight enough?

I like to wear a belt just so I have a break between kilt and well what ever's up top, the exception being a waistcoat. But you shouldn't need one to keep your kilt up especially if it's made for you.

I don't have a photo to hand to show but I don't wear one of those big waist plates either they always look a little tacky to me.

**Dale Seago** · 22nd September 11, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Jordan

Is your kilt being worn tight enough?

I like to wear a belt just so I have a break between kilt and well what ever's up top, the exception being a waistcoat. But you shouldn't need one to keep your kilt up especially if it's made for you.

Seems to me the only reason it should be sliding down -- if properly made to measure AND properly fastened -- is if one's waist circumference is greater than the hips. Should that be the case, though, a belt wouldn't help to support the kilt, and that isn't its purpose anyway.