Fat people and kilts

[Doc Canary]

There are braces that are kind of like reverse sock garders. I have a friend who use sets then and swears by them.

[BjornBsrkr]

I too have a substantial mid-section (6', 300 lbs) and swear by Perry suspenders when I am wearing pants for those really dirty jobs. They slide onto your belt with soft plastic clips, so there is no damage to the belt or pants. The suspenders coupled with a good quality, stiff belt (I really like double layer bridle leather) keeps everything in place.

When wearing a kilt, both utility and traditional, I have not found the need to include suspenders or even snug down the belt. The trick is to have the upper kilt belt (or waist band on the utilities) at or above the horizon line of the bulge. For me, this is just above my navel. The only way the kilt is heading south is to somehow stretch. Attempting to wear my utilities on my hips would likely prove to be a bit embarrassing!

Bjorn

[m47hew]

Braces seem to be the popular choice, thanks guys, However, although fine for formal use i'm not too keen on wearing them for casual days, or in the garden.

[Benning Boy]

Due to health problems I've fattened up more than I'd like. If I buckle a kilt up to fit comfortably, and then suck in my gut I can get the kilt to slide down. If I do a little hula with my hips it will fall of. I wear a belt over mine all the time. It keeps the kilt up. The thought of wearing suspenders with a kilt, wearing them where they are on display just flat out disgusts me. At fabric stores you can buy some of that sticky stuff that is sometimes sewn into the waste band of trouser or skirts. It is mostly to keep the shirt or blouse tucked in, but it does provide friction that work both ways. I'm thinking of trying that in the waste band of a kilt and see how well it keeps things up.

[lschwartz]

Sewing a strip of rubber around the inside of the top edge of the kilt may add the resistance/friction against your clothing that you get when wearing it against your skin.

[Friday]

I have a a forward facing bulge but no corresponding reward bulge. I experienced the same problem of having the kilt slip when wearing certain shirts with my kilts. I had seen in the past a "belt" that would be worn over the shirt and under your pants to keep you shirt from slipping. For example:

http://www.flexbelt.net/order.html

The problem was that I want to go out and did not have time to order, if they had a belt as large as my belly. I was walking into the kitchen to talk to my wife and saw some no-slip shelf liner. I cut off some of the liner and instant belt. I have since sewn pieces of the liner along the inside of the kilts that were giving me a problem.

Problem solved.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-12-x...Liner/16486843

[lschwartz]

I have a a forward facing bulge but no corresponding reward bulge. I experienced the same problem of having the kilt slip when wearing certain shirts with my kilts. I had seen in the past a "belt" that would be worn over the shirt and under your pants to keep you shirt from slipping. For example:

http://www.flexbelt.net/order.html

The problem was that I want to go out and did not have time to order, if they had a belt as large as my belly. I was walking into the kitchen to talk to my wife and saw some no-slip shelf liner. I cut off some of the liner and instant belt. I have since sewn pieces of the liner along the inside of the kilts that were giving me a problem.

Problem solved.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-12-x...Liner/16486843

This is the same idea I mentioned in my earlier post.

[Terry Searl]

I too have a substantial mid-section (6', 300 lbs) and swear by Perry suspenders when I am wearing pants for those really dirty jobs. They slide onto your belt with soft plastic clips, so there is no damage to the belt or pants. The suspenders coupled with a good quality, stiff belt (I really like double layer bridle leather) keeps everything in place.

When wearing a kilt, both utility and traditional, I have not found the need to include suspenders or even snug down the belt. The trick is to have the upper kilt belt (or waist band on the utilities) at or above the horizon line of the bulge. For me, this is just above my navel. The only way the kilt is heading south is to somehow stretch. Attempting to wear my utilities on my hips would likely prove to be a bit embarrassing!

Bjorn

Well ya' learn something everyday PERRY SUSPENDERS!! When I found these I thought they were the cleverest things ever but I didn't know what they are called ......and now I do. I have been wearing suspenders for work in the bush for almost 40 years and when I was commercial fishing for about 10 years before the bush. I'm saying this so you will understand that if I don't wear suspenders I'm quite uncomfortable..........My Kilt has suspenders and buttons and I've tried wearing the kilt with out the suspenders and like I said before I'm not comfortable. I don't like sporran chains so use sporran hangers and that means a belt must be worn but if I have a lot of stuff in the sporran the weight pulls the outer apron and the belt down. With the Perry suspenders the problem is solved. .......For those that don't like suspenders worn with a belt ......My comfort supersedes your opinion heh! heh! .....look away if it really bothers you

[m47hew]

There are braces that are kind of like reverse sock garders. I have a friend who use sets then and swears by them.

How do these work? I'm OK with braces (suspenders) under a jacket but less so over a t-shirt.
(by the way, suspenders (or sussies) are something totally different in UK!!)

[Doc Canary]

How do these work? I'm OK with braces (suspenders) under a jacket but less so over a t-shirt.
(by the way, suspenders (or sussies) are something totally different in UK!!)

Apologies for the slow reply.
Google " shirt garders" and you will get photos and venders. Good luck and happy shopping.