Hi there,

If you wear the kilt below the belly button it is more like a skirt not a kilt. If you buy a traditionally made kilt then the measurements are through your "True" waist (Belly button) and if you wore it lower it looks ridiculous if made from true waist measurements. Basically when you are getting it made you have to get measured correctly in whatever way you are going to wear it.

When I got married my best man (who died last year of a heart attack at 36 years old) was 25 stone. He wore the kilt in the traditional way and looked great.

All in all you have to decide which one you would like. The ones in our shop are expensive as you say (about £305 for a 10 yard kilt for the fuller gentleman)

I am not a fan of the "new age" kilts on the market (not just cause I sell the real ones) as they do not seem to hang right as they use alot less cloth.

Anyway, sorry for my tuppence worth,

Take care,