Quote Originally Posted by Matty Ross View Post
To the Kilted world

I am 5 foot 9 inches Tall and I weigh 240 pounds. My “natural waist” is 52 inches around and at the hips I am 42 inches.
By most standards I am over weight. I lost it 50 pounds back in the 90’s but gained most of it back.
When it comes to the subject of wearing kilts at waist or hips I become somewhat defensive. There are standards set by tradition and proclaimed by slim people that just do not measure up when it comes to some of us larger people. My true waist, all 52 inches of it is mostly FAT. I know what is I live with it every day. I have tried to wear a kilt up at the navel. For me personally this is practically Impossible. If I take a deep breath my stomach contracts to around 48 inches and the kilt falls OFF. My waist especially on the sides is very tender. I can NOT wear a belt tight enough to hold up a kilt the tissue is soft and sensitive. It hurts to wear a belt at that part of my waist. Therefore If I am going to wear a kilt I have to wear it down at my hips. I will never look as good as some people but I’m OK with that. I love wearing my kilts and wear them almost EVERY day. I wear kilts not to conform to anyone’s Standards, I wear Kilts to be different. I stand out in a crowd with or without a kilt. The kilt just makes it more fun. So I say wear your kilt how YOU like it NOT how anyone else thinks you should.
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I have the same views you do. While yes, the traditional fit and wear does look dapper, there are those of us for whom a traditional fit just can't work or can not apply to. The wondrous thing about a kilt is the comfort, therefore, if I may say so, as long as the kilt is comfortable that is all the really matters on the individual level. You wear it for YOU, therefore it should be comfortable for YOU.

No disrespect to differing opinions, lets just remember that comfort is an individual thing, and what works for one is exactly that: what works for ONE.

So, to the OP, wear it where it is most comfortable to you.

-Soren