Quote Originally Posted by Dreadbelly View Post
ALWAYS SIT DOWN WHEN MEASURING YOUR HIPS.

Standing, your hips might be 40 inches. Sitting, you can expect to add several inches to this figure.

If your kilt is measured to exactly 40 inches, sitting will place a lot of strain on the seams, and could cause some real problems.
I did that just now and it did expand 1/2". Man, I should've had my kilt maker measure me up when we met, but that may have looked strange to the other bar patrons!