Overweight and kilts?

**Freebooter** · 28th June 16, 11:49 PM

Hello, Any of u overweight? Over the last year I've gained a lot of weight and now, at 6' I weigh abt 305lbs and embarrassed to wear my kilt. If I was slim I'd wear it more often. I'm on a diet n working out when I can.
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**Balintore** · 29th June 16, 12:43 AM

Yes I know the feeling. Trying to loose abit to fit my kilt for a Kirkin' of the Tartan in about 3 weeks. Makes it easier when you've got a good reason. All thebest in loosing weight.

**The Wizard of BC** · 29th June 16, 12:50 AM

Interestingly I got a call from an old customer who reported that he had lost 102 pounds and asked if I could take his kilt in so he could wear it again. He said that he really missed wearing his kilt.

He went from 407 down to 305.

**The Q** · 29th June 16, 02:42 AM

Personally I think the Kilt Hides the pounds better than Saxon Clothing.
When I was in the RAF they reckoned someone 6ft Should be 154 pounds, which I did eventually make, but these days I'm well above that but trying to get down to 182, difficult when all your joints are knackered from all the sport you had to do to keep your weight down 30 years ago.

**OC Richard** · 29th June 16, 04:57 AM

I suppose "overweight" is relative, but I'm nearly 100 pounds heavier than I was when I was a runner back in the 80s, my waist almost 20" bigger around. Wow.

To me there are two main issues relative to kiltwearing I'm aware of, being heavier

1) the sporran going down under my belly, making the belly look even worse

2) noticing that the outfit that does the best at hiding the weight is an Argyll jacket, no waistcoat or belt underneath, buttoned.

**RockyR** · 29th June 16, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

1) the sporran going down under my belly, making the belly look even worse

A trick if you'd like to try it...

IF you wear a sporran chain (or I suppose a sporran strap might work as well), pick the chain up on either side of your body (BEFORE putting on a belt) and let it rest on TOP of the buckles on your left and right side. The sporran will hang down from that high point on the sides of your body, diminishing the "underline" of the belly.

**Barb T** · 29th June 16, 10:19 AM

Personally, I think that a kilt is very slimming on a larger man, provided that the kilt is worn at the right height and the kilt fits well. If a kilt is worn with the top pushed down below the belly, though (like a pair of jeans), it only serves to highlight the tummy. Also, if the hips on the kilt are too small, the look isn't good, either.

Check out the post I made just yesterday - scroll down down to the photos on http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...an-hips-90890/ The photos are of the same guy in two different kilts. Both are worn at the right height, but the hip on the first one is too small. In the second one, the kilt is big enough around the hips that the apron can hang straight down from the waist, making the person look much slimmer!

**Freebooter** · 29th June 16, 10:25 AM

Thanks y'all. I have a pic of me in it (30lbs lighter) but I have tried posting it here and it won't let me. Doesn't say why. Just that my posting of it was unsuccessful.
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**Freebooter** · 29th June 16, 10:40 AM

Here is a pic of me in my kilt (I was 30lbs lighter then). I have been told it was too short too.

**Sir Didymous** · 29th June 16, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by RockyR

A trick if you'd like to try it...

IF you wear a sporran chain (or I suppose a sporran strap might work as well), pick the chain up on either side of your body (BEFORE putting on a belt) and let it rest on TOP of the buckles on your left and right side. The sporran will hang down from that high point on the sides of your body, diminishing the "underline" of the belly.

Since I have been on medical leave for a couple of months, I've put on close to 30 lbs. This is the very trick I've been using to keep things going until I can get my weight back in check. And yes, the strap works too. I've never been slim, but I need to wrangle things a bit or I won't be able to fit my armor right.

Back on topic:
I agree that kilts look better on those of us with a built in peascod (renaissance term not botanical) than does Saxon clothing. I think it's the higher waist. Additionally, I have found that great kilts can hid a multitude of sins. Even if they may be classified a sin against fashion by more than a few.