Punched the hole in it and it worked great. I lost another 10 pounds and I've had it.. I need beer and bread. Have no more room to punch another hole.

Lastly.. if I wanted to take 1/4 to maybe 1/2 inch off of the kilt length (just being mental over it also draping my knees), how hard would it be for a decent tailor to trim it down? Or is this a big NO / gray area I should avoid and just suck it up and hike the kilt higher?