Fat people and kilts

[Walkman]

For Gentlemen of Substance, a very viable option is bracers/suspenders. I've done this both with and without a waistcoat/vest and/or jacket. No negative comments ever and quite a few wistful "wish I'd thought of that" .

Rob.

I put suspender buttons on my kilt this evening and instantly loved them. No more hitching it up every ten minutes. I plan to wear a vest over my suspenders, but I think I'll be wearing a vest (and Wallace jacket if the weather permits) with my kilt from now on. In fact, I bought a vest to wear with my Saxon sports coat for church, etc, and plan to wear suspenders then as well. Suits will all be three piece and worn with suspenders from now on, regardless of the current fashion. I wish I'd done this a long time ago.

[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.

[Nomad]

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

Wow, never knew such a thing existed. Sorry but for a Brit those are too similar to women's suspenders for me to consider, the shirt will just have to come untucked.

[Doc Canary]

Wow, never knew such a thing existed. Sorry but for a Brit those are too similar to women's suspenders for me to consider, the shirt will just have to come untucked.

Glad I could show you something new in the world. Have always stated they can take all the things on never heard of or experienced and make several new worlds from them.
As for your response to possibly using the product, to each his own. We protect the aspects of our identity, public and private, as we see fit. At least you know they exist and knowing is half the battle!

[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

[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.

[Friday]

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

Sorry,next time I will spend more time filing the serial numbers off.

[lschwartz]

Sorry,next time I will spend more time filing the serial numbers off.

Friday,

No need for that. I was just referring back to what I thought was an original idea. I didn't know it was available commercially.

[Mike S]

I have a girthy mid section/belly, but a slim lower body. Believe me when I say that suspenders are the answer to all of your belly woes. They were used at one time by the MOD for kilted regiments (1920's?), so this isn't a new concept.