Alan,

Your post on the "Slope" I use is slightly misleading in that I don't slope after the fact.

When ordering a Freedom Kilt the customer decides where the waistband should be Any slope present in his shape is then measured and accounted for during the construction.

If the customer wishes to wear his kilt at full, traditional, height there may be very little slope and therefore the waistband may not dip below the naval.

The slope measurement I ask for is only there to account for the natural shape of humans and not a "standard" or set figure.

I have found that by sloping the waist the kilt will not develop the unsightly pucker in the front apron. This slope is more prominant when the kilt is worn lower, and less prominant the higher it is worn.

To illustrate this, wrap a bath towel around yourself where it naturally wants to ride and where you wish to wear your kilt. Then turn sideways to a mirror. If the towel takes a natural position that is higher in the back and lower in the front, This Is Slope.