Hi KB

Don't know if you're talking about a traditional kilt or not. If someone were to measure you for a traditional kilt, they would measure you at what they would consider your waist, which is more or less at your navel. I went to your gallery to see if you had a picture of you, which you did, and I'm not entirely sure what you mean by your waist being below your navel. Lots of guys wear their pants low, but they're not really wearing their pants at their waistlines. Even if your torso is long and you have short legs, your true waistline won't be all that much different from the position of your navel. If anything, most people's true waistlines lie a tad _above_ their navels.

One way to find your waistline is to bend sideways and see where the bend is - that's your waist. It can be a little tough to feel from the outside if you're well-padded, but you should be able to kind of feel from inside where that natural bend is.

So, anyway, back to my first point. If you had someone measure you for a traditional kilt, they would make your kilt assuming that you were going to wear it at your natural waist (which I think is higher on you than you think it is). If you wear the kilt too low, it will be too small around, and it will be too long. As far as riding up goes, a kilt is actually supposed to be worn tight. If you've got it buckled tight enough, you shouldn't be able to move it around on your body. So, it shouldn't creep up under your armpits when you sit down.

The guys in our band who have a bit of a corporation are pretty good about wearing their kilts around the middle, rather than under the bulge, and they look good. It's just a matter of getting used to wearing a garment that fits a whole lot differently than a pair of trousers.

Well, those are my 2 cents anyway!

Barb