Quote Originally Posted by Sir Didymous View Post
I thank you greatly, I am still building the kit and have been using regular elizabethan shirts that are a bit too short for that. I will keep that in mind though as I am having a kilt shirt made for me.
Way back in the 70s, I was having a suit tailored for me. The tailor was way past retiring age and must have been in his late 70s or early 80s. While he was measuring and tucking and pinning, he asked about the kind of shirts I was intending wearing as this would affect the suit. Long story short, he told me that when was an apprentice they made shirts which were considerably longer. The customer would bend over a table and the shirt was made so that in the bent position his modesty was assured. When he stood up, of course, the shirt would hang lower.

You can try this experiment for yourself. If you bend over a table and then drape a towel down as far as you think it should go, hold it and then stand up - the hem is going to end up somewhere near your knees.

More than enough material to tie or pin together.

Regards

Chas