Being measured in a kilt vs pants ?

**Tasty Rabbit** · 16th June 15, 01:49 PM

I was wondering if when being measured for a kilt if it is better to be already kilted or in "legged things that are not kilts" ? Pros & cons of either or it doesn't matter . . . ?

**Father Bill** · 16th June 15, 01:51 PM

Always depends on your kiltmaker.

**Sir Didymous** · 16th June 15, 03:41 PM

Father Bill is correct that each maker has different preferences. If you do most of your kilt buying online, that's where this question hits the grey zone. Based on personal experience; I try to have measurements based on how I will wear the garment most frequently. For example: I wear my kilts mostly with broad cloth dress shirts or similar items. So when I get measured for a new one, I try to get measured while wearing that type of shirt and my p@nts pulled below my kilt waist to ensure an accurate measurement. This is how my mother (a professional seamstress) recommends people get measured. The more layers one has, the more guess work there is to the measuring. I was measured once in a kilt, and my waist was about two inches off the true measurement. Two inches isn't much in a great kilt, but for the tailored modern kilts, it's the difference between kilted perfection and sagging aprons (or worse).

Just my two cents.

**Jock Scot** · 16th June 15, 10:33 PM

It will not matter to a good kilt maker as he will also discuss and advise on your personal requirements for the kilt. Some kilt makers of my experiance will then tell you what they will or won't do! One particularly strong minded kilt maker, long gone now, of my aquaintance after listening to my requirements whilst measuring me up, quietly, but very firmly, suggested that it might be better to find another kilt maker! Needless to say I ended up with a perfectly fitted kilt made as the said kilt maker has always made them and I still see it about regularly some 50 years later!

**Tasty Rabbit** · 17th June 15, 06:45 PM

Thanks for the replies . I thought Sir Sid had a good point of how the kilt compresses the middle a bit - at least on me it does - so I wore a t-shirt & cargo shorts when I went over to USA Kilts today . Soon I will have a new kilt in the Glyndwr tartan !

**freddie** · 20th June 15, 01:13 AM

As the waist measurement has to be taken firmly a couple of inches above your hip bone and not over clothing I would suggest 'pants' (trousers to
us Brits). Shorts would be better as this would let the measurer see where the bottom of the kilt will hit your kneecap.

**Woodsman** · 22nd June 15, 11:11 AM

I wore a USAKilts casual when I went to order my wool kilt. Measurements were all performed correctly even with the higher waist on the wool vs casual.