A "stabilizer" for belt loops?

[unixken]

I've never understood why the "belt loops" are so long as to encourage their use to hold a belt, if their intended use is for the sporran strap only. I personally never lace either a belt or a strap through the loops.

[opositive]

the more comments i read about belt loops, the more i wonder if they are an "appendix" like a third strap on a non military length kilt

[TheOfficialBren]

I don't always wear a belt but when I do I usually feed it through the straps. It is purely an example of individual style.

On occasions where a belt is not worn I sometimes feed my sporran strap through the back loop, though usually I don't bother.

My personal use of belts is strictly cosmetic and not an every-occasion sort of thing.

Good klts require no belt to stay up.

[Paul Henry]

Because I spend a lot more time on pad stitching the hair canvas on the inside of my kilts I think that really gives much more support both vertically and horizontally to the fell portion, in many ways it become "one piece" of fabric so that it does not shift very much at all. I sew my belt loops on by hand at the bottom through all the layers right through the canvas as well , but then they get fed through the waistband layer and then machine sewn which gives a lot of extra support as well.
There will always be a little movement within any garment, but I think the time honoured method of plenty of pad stitching does help any garment to hold its shape.

[ChattanCat]

I've never put any belt loops on my kilts. They are more trouble than they are worth.

[unixken]

My personal use of belts is strictly cosmetic and not an every-occasion sort of thing.

I tend to agree. There have been times I wear no belt...


...times that I wear one loaded up with piper's pouches and bottle holders...


... and everything in between. But I never lace the belt through the loops.

[David Thorpe]

I've never understood why the "belt loops" are so long as to encourage their use to hold a belt, if their intended use is for the sporran strap only. I personally never lace either a belt or a strap through the loops.

One possible explanation is that the traditional sporran strap rig features a leather "plate" at the center back versus a buckle. The (plain) ends of the strap are threaded/folded through slots in the plate. Since the plate is considerably taller than either the strap or the buckle, the strap/belt loops need to be quite a bit taller than the width of the strap alone.

I never thread a kilt belt through the loops, but I do use the loops for the sporran strap.