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    Your kilt should be up just a bit higher - the top edge should ride about 2" above your true waist, and it looks like you have your kilt buckled on with the top edge at your waist. That makes the kilt too long, and it puts the belt below your waist.

    If the kilt is too big and you can't keep it up where you need it, have someone move the underapron strap and the the two buckles on the apron (fringe) edge. That will allow you to buckle it tighter and keep it up where it belongs!

    Best of luck with the pipes! Who do you play with?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
    Your kilt should be up just a bit higher - the top edge should ride about 2" above your true waist, and it looks like you have your kilt buckled on with the top edge at your waist. That makes the kilt too long, and it puts the belt below your waist.

    If the kilt is too big and you can't keep it up where you need it, have someone move the underapron strap and the the two buckles on the apron (fringe) edge. That will allow you to buckle it tighter and keep it up where it belongs!

    Best of luck with the pipes! Who do you play with?
    Thanks .. I play with Glor Na nGael out of Lynbrook, NY.

    Essentially you're saying to move underapron strap further to the under fringe, and the 2 buckles away from the fringe?

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    Excellent stuff man, i had the same problem when i got my first kilt, i found that i was wearing it too low and after i hiked it up and it sat easier on my waist, my belt seemed to do it's proper job. Another factor can be how much you keep in your sporran, being a bigger guy i always wear my sporran strap through the loops, i've seen slimmer fellas wear it just around the wasitline without the loops, i've noticed that the heavier my sporran gets, the more it pulls, pretty abvious though... Theres nothing like the anticipation of recieving your uniform, i myself am waiting to get my uniform for the pipe band i am playing in. Congrats on the first gig, and many more!
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    Quote Originally Posted by goodrat View Post
    Excellent stuff man, i had the same problem when i got my first kilt, i found that i was wearing it too low and after i hiked it up and it sat easier on my waist, my belt seemed to do it's proper job. Another factor can be how much you keep in your sporran, being a bigger guy i always wear my sporran strap through the loops, i've seen slimmer fellas wear it just around the wasitline without the loops, i've noticed that the heavier my sporran gets, the more it pulls, pretty abvious though... Theres nothing like the anticipation of recieving your uniform, i myself am waiting to get my uniform for the pipe band i am playing in. Congrats on the first gig, and many more!
    you know.. it started high and traveled lower. I think that it's possible that the belt is too large, though only enough to let the kilt fall downward. The sporran was through the loop just has too much chain, but have fixed it since this picture was taken. I am actually going to get the sporran suspenders. May not be traditional but sure does help in the long run.

    I got the uniform in bits and pieces. The band is not the most organized people I have ever seen.

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