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    A kiltmaker should chime in, but as far as I know there's no specific correspondence between waist size and amount of fabric.

    So I, with a 46 inch waist, can be perfectly fitted with kilts made from 8, 7, 6, 5, or 4 yards.

    As the yardage decreases the number of pleats in back likewise decreases, and each pleat gets a tad wider.

    I've had my last couple kilts made with between 6 and 7 yards because they feel more comfortable to me.

    I don't think anyone but a kiltmaker would notice the difference between an 8 yard kilt and a 6 yard kilt, when seeing it worn.

    I could certainly be wrong but I think your people could be fitted with 8 yard kilts just fine. They'll have a bit fewer pleats and a bit wider pleats than a slender man would in an 8-yard kilt, probably more or less like myself in a 6 yard kilt. In my opinion when you have a large number of narrow pleats and a large number of yards across your backside the kilt becomes back-heavy.
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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