Belt Question

**Irish in Tacoma** · 21st February 06, 11:14 PM

I'm still getting set up, have the kilt and sporran, but just ordered the belt. My kilt doesn't have any belt loops. Are there any problems keeping it in the right spot, or will it drift up and down in relation to the top edge of the kilt?

billmcc · 22nd February 06, 12:41 AM

I also have a kilt with no belt loops. The belt will stay put if it is worn snug and you don't do anything strenous, like running and jumping.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 22nd February 06, 05:37 AM

Belt loops are a relatively modern introduction to kilts. And some modern kilts still don't have them. I never put them on any of the kilts I make unless the customer specifically requests them.

As Bill says, so long as you are wearing the belt snug enough (and I don't mean uncomfortably tight, just a proper fit), you should have no problems.

Matt

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 22nd February 06, 08:11 AM

And I'll chime in that I had a similar concern when I received the Donegal tweed kilt from Matt last week with no belt loops. But after wearing it all day Monday, there were no problems. Belt stayed put with no problems.

**Iolaus** · 22nd February 06, 08:25 AM

Using belt loops can be a bad thing. A couple of days ago, my wife told me that I had a lump or something in the fabric, near the top of the kilt (below the belt); it turned out that the belt was pushing up at the top of the loop, thereby pulling up the bottom of the loop, and deforming how the fabric hung. It wasn't evident at first, because my sporran strap was outside of the loops and covered where the loop was pulling the fabric up.

I'll just not use the loops anymore; I hadn't at first anyway, but was trying it with the loops to see if there was any difference. I guess there was!

**Colin** · 22nd February 06, 09:33 AM

None of the loops on my Bear kilts were big enough for a Kilt belt and my traditional doesn't have any loops. I always (after some good advise from Todd and Hamish) just wore the belt over the kilt. I never had any issue with the belt moving out of place.

I have found that the kilts that sit on the hips often need a belt to help out, where as a traditional kilt seems to sit just fine without a belt.

**Randy** · 22nd February 06, 01:12 PM

There, I've learned something new today. I had just htought they all had belt loops. So with hiking and climbing on rocks I should make sure kilts have loops for the belt, and BBQ afterwards.

**bikercelt1** · 22nd February 06, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Colin

I have found that the kilts that sit on the hips often need a belt to help out, where as a traditional kilt seems to sit just fine without a belt.

Colin hit the nail on the head! I used to wear my belt through the loops of my good wool Kilt, but it pulled one of the loops loose. Now I just wrap the belt around and cinch it. It does sometimes shift a bit but never to the point of being a problem. With my Utilikilts and some of my casual "hillwalker" type kilts I do use the loops because they ride much lower on my hips but with my traditional kilts? Never.

Jamie

**Irish in Tacoma** · 22nd February 06, 06:29 PM

Thanks folks. My kilt is a traditional wool kilt which rides high on the waist. It fits perfectly fine without the belt but it just looks like there is something missing.