Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
A good test to see if your body shape will accept a kilt is to do the towel thing. Just after you get out of a shower wrap a towel around yourself right under your ribs. If it stays in place you can wear a kilt. The only thing you need then is a properly fitting Kilt.
Oooh - I just *hate* it when I disagree with the Wiz. But, actually, a kilt can be made to fit any body shape. I'm a piper, and I have to wear a kilt with the band. I definitely do not meet the towel rule - I have a 26" waist and 42" hips. I can't pass the "towel" test (yeh, it fits my hips, but it's miles too big around my rib cage), but I certainly made myself a kilt that fits just fine.



The person on the left also would not meet the towel test, but her kilt fits great:



What's critical is getting the right measurements and finding a kiltmaker who's willing to work with those measurements if they aren't sort of standard.