Can you stand another 2 cents?

It seems a simple thing to raise or lower a kilt a couple inches, but no one has commented yet on the bottom of the fell, or the point at the hip line where the pleat tapers stop. No matter if the kilt is off-the-rack or custom made, if the bottom of the fell is an inch or two above or below the widest part of your hips, the pleats do not hang straight and do funny things.

Get someone to take your "kilt measurements" as described on many websites and compare them to the actual measurements of this kilt. See if waistband to bottom of fell is right for you; if not, consider taking inches off the top of the kilt and relocating the waistband. See if bottom of fell to selvedge is right for you; if not, consider hemming.

Hemming: It's almost always done with the 10-12 oz lightweight tartans for kilts for young, and growing, competitive dancers. A single-turn hem is easily done with 13-14 oz tartans, with nothing noticeable. I have done a single-turn hem on a 16 oz box pleat kilt because of a bad selvedge, with no noticeable effect on hang or swing. But remember, with box pleats there are never more than three layers of material stacked (six, with a hem.) Regimental weights of 18 oz, and up, are just too bulky or stiff to take a hem of any kind. They, therefore, have other options for shortening the kilt.

If all of this is "Too much" for this kilt, at least you are now well-armed with information when you research your next kilt, and the next, and the one after that...

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