Looking at kilt pictures I have also noticed that kilts rather often tend to be too long. Probably they aren’t – most of them are without doubt top of knee or mid knee length. Nevertheless they look like being too long, and very often the wearers are men of some “substance”.

Of course it helps changing camera position from eye level to waist level. Then the bare part of the leg between the kilt and the hose shall be revealed. And if you take the picture from ground level, even a too long kilt might look too short. Increasing the distance from camera to object shall have about the same effect.

However, do we only talk pictures here? Don’t forget that you are normally looked upon from eye level. The human eye therefore shall see mostly the same as your camera (mostly because the focal length of the lens plays a role, too).

But basically, if your kilt looks too long in a picture, it might as well look too long to people just seeing you.

That leads to the question: What is more important, the physical correct length of the kilt (compared to your knees) or a visual correct looking length, meaning that men of substance should perhaps better opt for a tad shorter kilt length than should more slender men?

Just a thought.