If you are going to have a kilt which sits below the natural waistline then you can't really have a rise on it - because the kilt will be shaped outwards where you go inwards.

A simple casual kilt is shaped /_\ so loosening the top means it can be moved off the natural waistline.

With the tailored kilt there is part of an inverted cone added to the top of the kilt so the shape is more complex and I suspect that it would not remain level at whatever height it was worn at - parts of the waist would tend to migrate upwards and other parts droop.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: