Butt/Waist ratio

[UmAnOnion]

This is why i prefer kilts over trousers any day - i have big thighs & a big butt from too many years of working at a gym & jumping up & down & screaming at people. to find pants that fit my legs & waist is impossible - i invariably end up with a few extra inches in the waistband in order to be able to walk in the trousers without doing major dermabrasion on my legs caused by thigh constrction. With kilts no such worries - now just have to eworry aboutthe number of pleats covering my big old butt.

if i recall correctly, on one of the casual kilt maker's sites, there is a facility for specifying a 'gut cut' kilt which allows for those with extra 'overhang' on the front so that when the kilt is worn the bottom egde stays pretty much parallel with the floor - front & back

This post has the horrible song "I Like Big Butts" going through my mind now.

Thanks for nearly getting me slapped yesterday Glassman!! you put this damned song in my head & I was singing it quietly to myself on the elevator in my office building, without realising it. A rather well endowed (posterior-wise) lady overheard & thought i was making fun of/coming on to her. she was not amused. thank goodness for express elevators!!!

[GlassMan]

Thanks for nearly getting me slapped yesterday Glassman!! you put this damned song in my head & I was singing it quietly to myself on the elevator in my office building, without realising it. A rather well endowed (posterior-wise) lady overheard & thought i was making fun of/coming on to her. she was not amused. thank goodness for express elevators!!!

Now that's funny! And it could have gone the other way. Imagine what would have happened if the elevator got stuck and she thought you were coming on to her!!!!

[UmAnOnion]

Now that's funny! And it could have gone the other way. Imagine what would have happened if the elevator got stuck and she thought you were coming on to her!!!!

I have one thing to say to that:

[davedove]

Most off-the-rack dealers have some sort of preset ration that all their kilts use. The one I have seen a lot is hips 4" bigger than the waist. If the difference is any greater than this, the kilt will definitely pull up in the back because the material just has more distance to cover.:rolleyes:

The only way to get past this is to go custom made.

[mbhandy]

That is what is great about the SWK economy you can sew the butt for your junk yourself.

MrBill

[Pleater]

Most off-the-rack dealers have some sort of preset ration that all their kilts use. The one I have seen a lot is hips 4" bigger than the waist. If the difference is any greater than this, the kilt will definitely pull up in the back because the material just has more distance to cover.:rolleyes:

The only way to get past this is to go custom made.

Four inches is rather less difference than most men have - I think the standard measurements differ by eight inches but it is a long time since I bought a commercial pattern.

- Just checked - waist is eight inches smaller than chest size and seven inches smaller than hip measurement in the standard charts for men.

[bubba]

Four inches is rather less difference than most men have - I think the standard measurements differ by eight inches.

Well, that ain't me, my waiste is only 2 inches smaller than the hip. I'm built like a barrel.

[GlassMan]

Four inches is rather less difference than most men have - I think the standard measurements differ by eight inches but it is a long time since I bought a commercial pattern.

- Just checked - waist is eight inches smaller than chest size and seven inches smaller than hip measurement in the standard charts for men.

Is that the standard for pant waist or kilt waist?