False Lower Strap?

[Barb T]

I can't see what you'd gain by having an internal 2nd strap. The second strap on a kilt is truly decorative only, and, frankly, all kilts hang better if they don't have that second strap.

The only kilts that actually need a second strap on the apron edge are dancer's kilts, and it's only to add some control to the kilt edge during dancing. Highland dancers don't wear kilt pins, and they do a lot of leaping around. The second strap just keeps the apron from flapping around quite so much.

[Bugbear]

I can't see what you'd gain by having an internal 2nd strap. The second strap on a kilt is truly decorative only, and, frankly, all kilts hang better if they don't have that second strap.

The only kilts that actually need a second strap on the apron edge are dancer's kilts, and it's only to add some control to the kilt edge during dancing. Highland dancers don't wear kilt pins, and they do a lot of leaping around. The second strap just keeps the apron from flapping around quite so much.

Barb, for some reason I can not see what it is in my original post that is leading to this response.

I am saying take the strap off of the top apron edge. It is decorative and can actually damage the kilt if tightened too much.

Instead, attach that strap, to the underapron after threading it through the buckle. It then just sits there without pulling on anything, but looks like there is a lower strap. I thought maybe a loose closure like a elastic loop and button of some sort might bee needed to keep the top apron from moving too much away from the strap; maybe not.

You say, "The second strap on a kilt is truly decorative only, and, frankly, all kilts hang better if they don't have that second strap."
I agree and that is exactly why I thought take it off the top apron and just attach it there as a false strap that does not do anything but look like a strap. Somehow, it seems like I am not comunicating this.

Perhaps this is just a very bad idea.