Measurements

[Karl R]

I just noticed that one of the reasons that my current extreme budget kilt fits so poorly is that the hip circumference is pretty wide - the pleats splay out because the place they're sewn down doesn't fit me very tightly. I'm basically tube-shaped, with a 44" waist, hip ledge, and hips and those are the dimensions I gave to the kilt maker. My concern is that the new kilt will come out with the same poorly-fitting hip line.

From what I've seen on off-the-rack kilts that list the measurements, the hips generally tend to be 4" larger than the waist. So your budget kilt is more likely to have a 44" waist and 48" hips. That leads me to believe that your custom-made kilt will not have the same hip line as your budget kilt.