How Long

**James MacMillan** · 7th August 07, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by keith_b

What's your opinion on the bottom of a kilt sitting an inch above the knee cap? Acceptable?

Isn't "an inch above the knee cap" what is being said when we say "the top of the knee. In my case, my knee cap is, like three inches wide. So where do you mean - "an inch above the knee cap"......?

I think "an inch above the knee cap" IS the top of the knee.

**pdcorlis** · 7th August 07, 08:50 AM

I think it comes down to visual proportion on the human body. To my eye - if the kilt is too long it makes the legs look short and stubby and the torso looks too long. To me - this looks weak and frail.

Now, how you choose to wear your kilt is of course your business - just wear it and be happy. Personally I prefer to wear my kilts at the top of my knee.

**Nanook** · 7th August 07, 10:53 AM

From a historical perspective--- leaving aside modern fashion aberrations (kilt as man's skirt, e.g. Anders Landinger, Jean-Paul Gaultier and others) and casual settings-- kilts have been "properly" worn in length from around mid-thigh to nearly covering the kneecap. Current decorum puts the length span from mid-knee to 3 inches above the knee. Most (myself included) consider top-of-the knee to a inch or two above the knee as "de rigueur".