Kilts Worn at Long Length

[graham_s]

Traditionally the correct length is where the hem of the kilt brushes the ground when kneeling.
That's the length I always wear mine at.

[Jock Scot]

Perhaps a kind and alert mod. may help to bring an old thread of mine onto here----I don't know how to do it-----. Failing that, have a look at "an interesting letter" in my old threads----it may give you all some food for thought.

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EDIT:

Here is the link to your old thread, I hope this helps

I am obliged to you McMurdo.

[Highlander31]

I wear my kilts a little above mid knee.

I am not sure which is worse, a kilt worn too long, or one that is too short.

[Pleater]

Wearing a kilt where the lower edge hits the crease of your knee is the worst of all lengths if you are out in the weather we have around here - it is not severe most of the year, but it can be wet.

With the wind blowing on your back climbing a hill or going over rough ground the wet cloth is caught at every step and it takes only a little while for the affected skin to feel that it has ben sandpapered.

I was away on holiday at a folk festival at the beginning of August, and saw eight kilts. They were all worn long, so that with hose there was either no or hardly any visible skin. Even the Exeter pipes and drums.

All my kilts are worn shorter, and even on my rather dumpy shape I couldn't help but survey the effect in the many large plate glass windows in the town centre.

Maybe they are shy.

I went for a cup of tea at the Rugby Club one morning and a young man came out of the showers wearing only a black kilt - and as he noticed that I was wearing my own eight yards of darkness I winked at him.

He blushed pink all over.

Well - I assume that as it started at his ankles and appeared above the waistband and continued on up, that parts I did not check on were also involved.

Maybe it was a hot shower.

Anne the Pleater

[sharpdressedscot]

I wear mine (when I do) at above the knee or just on it. Depends on the day.

[Kiltman]

I see shorts of various lengths on the streets all the time. I figure that a kilt can be of whatever length the person wearing it wishes. I prefer at the top of the knee for comfort and so that it doesn't hit the back of the knees; but that's just my take.

[sharpdressedscot]

Hm, I think some people might pull off the longer lengths.

[Nick the DSM]

their were no rules back then, only pictures of what people preferred. I think people just got the kilt rules from pics and personal preferences. so i don't see why it can't be at bottom or a little below, however if its mid shin then somethings wrong.

[JakobT]

I wear my ordinary kilts mid-knee, but I think the UK looks much better at the bottom of the knee, where it's designed to sit.

[arrogcow]

My first kilt (tank) was measured for me by a kilt maker in the shop of Thomas Gordon and Sons in Glasgow. It falls (when worn properly at the right hight) to right at the bottom of my knee, and is the longest kilt I own.

When ever I have sold UK's I always said middle of the knee or shorter, but that it also depended on what the customer wanted. Many opted for slightly longer. Why, because the bottom of the knee is where most shorts these days also hit, and guys are comfortable with that length.

Adam