Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
The following photo shows what happens when you wear a belt through loops on the back of a kilt:



As I wrote in TaOK, every time you bend or sit, the belt pulls up on the loops, and this distorts the horizontal tartan line across the back of the kilt. If you wear a kilt this way long enough, the bottom edge of the kilt actually pulls up permanently and doesn't lie straight.
OK I see it now so I believe it. I can always switch to suspenders I guess, they have the military's imprimatur. But still, does anyone argue about belt loops on trousers on a pants site somewhere? ... this shows that kilts are special I guess.