trad. kilt length

[KMacT]

...I don't want to accadentally make a kilt too long or too short, so I always ask if this is a "finished kilt length" or "total kilt length" to determine if I need to add the rise or not. ...But if you want to make sure that people aren't getting confused, you can always say something like "total length = 23"."

Good points, of course, but in this context I wouldn't know (don't know) the difference between these two. "Finished" is shorter than "total," I presume, but I'm not sure why or what finished means here. Could other terms be used? Based on body parts (hips, hip bone, waist...)?

Kevin