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    Sorry if someone has already said this but one of the lesser known reasons for wearing a kilt pin is to add some weight to that corner and stop any lifting of the apron.

    I bet this would fix your problem entirely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewSinclairYoung View Post
    Sorry if someone has already said this but one of the lesser known reasons for wearing a kilt pin is to add some weight to that corner and stop any lifting of the apron.

    I bet this would fix your problem entirely.
    It's not the free edge that's the problem - it's the other side of the apron from where you would put a kilt pin.
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    And Andrew, I'm sorry but that thing about a kilt pin designed to hold the kilt down is one of those enduring myths. The kilt pin is nothing more that the equivalent of a lady wearing a brooch. That little glint of bling to the outfit.

    A heavy pin can distort the way an apron hangs just as much.

    A well fitted kilt should never need a pin and a poor kilt, well, not even a pin will help, as you can see it the photos.

    But as Barb says it is not the right side of the kilt that is the primary problem. It is the left side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewSinclairYoung View Post
    Sorry if someone has already said this but one of the lesser known reasons for wearing a kilt pin is to add some weight to that corner and stop any lifting of the apron.

    I bet this would fix your problem entirely.
    Whoever told you that? With the greatest of respect, you have been misinformed.
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