Well, I was measured by that nice lady, and properly. She no longer sews. She told me measuring down from the navel for a kilt was silly. She said it was better to measure from the hip bones, the pointy spot where your leg bones hit your pelvis. You measure the drop, which mine is 19 inches, and you measure up from that spot, which on me is 5 inches. She told me it's the same as measuring for a skirt or even a pair of short pants. She then said a bunch of stuff I don't understand about spread, drape, and taper.

So I have the right measurements, with the rise, the drop, and all those things, I am just not sure if everybody uses the same terms. If it's universal.