Royal Regiment of Scotland Kilt Uniform

[OC Richard]

Ah yes, it appears the breech sized is fixed as 16 cm larger than the waist.

That's interesting!

I remember a kiltmaker saying how differently two kilts of identical waist size would have to be made, for two gents in our band, due to their breech measurements being so different. One kilt was fairly straight-sided, almost like a cylinder, while the other was conical. (Little bum, big bum I suppose.)

[Regimental]

That's interesting!

I remember a kiltmaker saying how differently two kilts of identical waist size would have to be made, for two gents in our band, due to their breech measurements being so different. One kilt was fairly straight-sided, almost like a cylinder, while the other was conical. (Little bum, big bum I suppose.)

I can imagine

I guess for inventory management they probably don’t want too many variants for the soldiers – waist and height already gives quite a selection to keep track of. The double straps should be relatively accommodating (excepting some particularly large-bottomed individuals perhaps!)

[JPS]

That's interesting!

I remember a kiltmaker saying how differently two kilts of identical waist size would have to be made, for two gents in our band, due to their breech measurements being so different. One kilt was fairly straight-sided, almost like a cylinder, while the other was conical. (Little bum, big bum I suppose.)

I have to imagine the military has certain *ahem* methods for ensuring the body conforms to standard issue garments.

[Regimental]

I have to imagine the military has certain *ahem* methods for ensuring the body conforms to standard issue garments.

Yes, certainly if those in charge are doing their jobs there should be markedly less bodily diversity among military kilt wearers than the average population!

I’m tickled by the idea that maybe the main idea of basic training is just to get recruits to fit into their damn kilts properly