Quote Originally Posted by way2fractious View Post
Before doing that, however, a fitting should be done to determine if the fell length (sewn down portion of the pleats) will still be correct. These military kilts with 2-inch rises ride really high. Get the horizontal center line of the top buckle up into your natural waist and see if the top part fits correctly by sticking your index fingers into the first pleat on each side (left and right) and slide them up to where the stitched part begins. Your fingertips should rest atop the point of your leg bone where it enters your hip bone (everyone sing along now!), or the pivot points when you lift your legs (one at a time, please. We don't need a new jumping Hamish pose. ) If the top part of your kilt fits O.K...

.. then we can talk about the length.
Wow. I just tried the kilt on again and if I follow the above description then the bottom of the kilt rests at durned near the top of my knee. So to paraphrase another post, I now have a kilt with a built-in corset. I am now reconsidering getting a shorter kilt or shortening this one. If that's the way the military kilts are supposed to be worn...