Just a quick note that, on a trad kilt, the loops are not supposed to be for the belt. The loops on a trad kilt were originally _sporran_ loops, meant to keep your sporran strap from going south or feeling like it was going to go south (which actually isn't likely to happen). Over time, the loops have gotten bigger and bigger so that people have started stuffing their belts through them and then _expecting_ to be able to stuff their belts through them.

If you put a belt through the loops, after time if you wear the kilt a lot, it will distort the back of the kilt and "pull up" the bottom of the kilt right below the loops. Just look at some well-worn band kilts the next time you go to a games, and you'll see what I mean. I don't actually put loops on a trad kilt unless someone specfically insists on it.

Barb