I recently acquired my first kilt. To be specific, this one. I'm not yet very knowledgeable on the topic, but personally I am pleased with the quality so far, especially for the price as it was on sale.

I'm looking forward to wearing it, but, alas, I first require some advice.

The kilt is a few cm - or inches if you will - too large at the waist. After some reading around on this forum, as it's only a couple of inches, I assume I can resize it to an extent by:

- Moving this strap as indicated:

- Moving these two buckles as indicated:


  • Can someone confirm or deny that this is correct?
  • Is this something I can do by myself or should I preferably get a professional to do this (I'm not sure there are any around near my location, furthermore, I guess this will cost me more than the kilt itself...)?
  • After undoing the stitches on the strap and buckles, do I sew it back by hand at the new desired location by passing the needle through the holes in the leather where the previous stitches were passing through, or should this simply be done with a sewing machine?
  • And finally: I assume I move the strap and the two buckles by the same amount?



Any other advice that may be useful?

With the risk of being hunted down for what may very well be blasphemy, I was considering putting the kilt briefly in a tumble dryer to attempt to shrink it. But I'm not sure polyviscose is susceptible to shrinkage, or how bad this will be for the leather and the fit in general. Moving the strap and two buckles would be the more sane approach I assume.


Thank you.