Measuring a beer gut for a kilt

[orangehaggis]

Thanks for all the input. I'm over weight, but carry most of my weight around the hips and legs, so I'm used to having a waist measure substantially less than a seat. The 46"w 46"seat threw me a little, so I thought I'd better double check before ringing my lodge brother up. I measured him just last month, and measured everything twice, so I am quite confident in my numbers.

Thanks ... will try to get a photo of us up when we're all kilt clad!

Mark O - Ohio

[emolas]

Just to add my input. As a guy with a somewhat prodigious "beer gut" myself, I find that wearing the kilt up around the belly button is quite slimming. While not exactly making you look thinner, it hides the fact that your gut is disproportionately larger than the rest of your frame.

[Pleater]

Thats it - the proportion is what is important to get right.

Having seen a man with a pronounced 'bay window' wearing his kilt under it, and the hem was slightly above the knees - the effect was rather disasterous. It looked untidy, ill fitting and most unfortunately, comical.

You need the kilt long enough to look right, and with the hem no lower than the knee joints the only way to get more length is to go up.

I'd advise that the hem be at the knee joint, not the top of the knee cap for anyone with a bit of a bay - to make that bit more length for the kilt, and the illusion of more height, less width in the body.