Front apron left pleat not laying flat

[Steve Ashton]

OK, first off you are not wearing this kilt the way it was designed to be worn.

All of the iconic kilts are designed to be worn much higher. A kilt is one of the very few garments designed in a time when men wore their trousers at the anatomical waist.



Unfortunately the kilt is one of those garments where the wearer must adapt to the design of the garment. This is one of the times when the garment does not adapt to the wearers preference.

The top strap would be cinched in just under the ribs. The two inches of kilt above the top strap will cover the bottom of the short ribs in back and in front it will be about 3-4 fingers below the bottom of the breastbone.

Reach around in back and find the bottom of where the pleats are sewn down. That should be right at the widest part of the hips or butt. Approximately where your hip joint is.

And the bottom selvedge edge of the kilt should be just at the top of the knee cap.