Now that I have one, some advice...

[ziggy]

Greetings all!

So I had my kilt for say ooooh about 6 hours now...first one too! (pictures still to come). I have worn it to my moms as I ended up having to get it brought in a bit...she's a seamstress so she made quick work of it. Turns out with my disability I haveas I ended up having to get it brought in a bit...she's a seamstress so she made quick work of it. Turns out with my disability I have to wear it a bit tighhter for the timing being with my hip, otherwise it slides down too easily.

Anywho, some advice, and they all revolve around keeping the kilt from sliding. First, the sporran... now it has been causing it to slide down a little bit (the weight of it), maybe hangers would help, I am unsure. The other things I remember way back some suggestering something inside the lining of my kilt, to help it stay up. That could work too....

Does anyone else have advice? Am I forgetting something? Otherwise I did get it from scotweb and frankly the quality is very good, mom thought so too, examining the way it was put together and finished. Just trying to squeeze all the practicaly I can out of it now

[sydnie7]

You could always get a coordinating vest/waistcoat, and wear braces/suspenders beneath that. The vest makes a nice daywear look (4 or 5 button style), look at some of Panache's and Matt Newsome's posts for examples of dressed-down vest outfits as well as dressed-up.

Target has had very reasonable vests in the past, not sure about now. Due to customer request I am about to start offering them custom-made but not quite there yet.

[ziggy]

Suspenders!! that is a very good idea, that I had forgotten about!!

Thanks!!

[JolyStNicholas]

I found the Tweed waist coat I wear at Burlington Coat Factory, at a very nice price, you could check there too if you have one near you!

[Chas]

Hi Ziggy,

Suspenders are a really good idea. I would recommend the button type rather than the clip type - 6 buttons rather than 3 clips. Less likely to pop-off at times of stress (lifting, bending, twisting).

There is another idea that I use on most of my trousers. It is taken from the formal dress world (black tie/white tie). An extra button is sewn in the centre front of the kilt on the inside; a loop of elasticated material goes from this button to the next highest button on your shirt. This holds the shirt and the kilt/trousers together and they move almost as one. If you are regularly going to be in situations where you will not be wearing a waistcoat, this might be the way to go. Especially if you have a regular shirt/kilt combination that you will be wearing, you could do the same again at the kidney area - 3 buttons holding the two together.

Regards

Chas

[ForresterModern]

I like Cas's idea---may have to try that myself.

I use suspenders (or braces as they are called in the home country), and yes buttons work better than clips but the clips also work too. One thing some folks have suggested is getting some of that no-slip waffle like material used to line cupboards and shelves and making a belt of the material to wear under the waist and body of your kilt but outside your shirt. It adds friction helping with the lippage problem. I ahve even considered tack-sewing it to the inside of the kilt lining to see if I could make a permanent solution (I have some pants which have a thin rubberized strip of material at the beltline that work along these lines). Unfortulately sporran hangers may actually make the situation worse, depending on your shape of your hips/gut, as they tend to pull down on the front of your belt limiting how useful it is in keeping up you kilt.

Most kilts should stay up on their own with the proper fitting of the waist and fell, but certain body shapes may make that untenable, and yours may be one of those. Try the above and see how they work.

And congrats on the new kilts. Still waiting on pictures. But patiently.

[Stratherrick]

BTW, what do you guys call what we call suspenders?

Slainte, just curious...

Bruce

[fluter]

BTW, what do you guys call what we call suspenders?

If I'm recalling the correct term: garters/garter belt. And the things that hold up my kilt hose are also garters.

[Big Mikey]

BTW, what do you guys call what we call suspenders?

Slainte, just curious...

Bruce

In Canada, we call them suspenders. Some oldtimers refer to them as braces, not to be confused with bracers which are worn on the forearms.

[Ian.MacAllan]

In my experience, here in the USA, a garter belt is an undergarment worn about the hips (or higher), providing means to suspend two separate thigh-high stockings, and is primarily a female garment. A garter is a garment intended to suspend a single stocking, is usually not worn visibly, and is primarily a male garment.

To us literal-minded nit-pickers this implies that flashes are not garters but are tabs worn on (usually concealed) garters as visible reminders of the traditional tied-garter ends.

Whew!

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