Wardrobe Malfunction or Poor Judgement?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Your kilt may be a bit short-waisted-- in that instance you might want to consider wearing it with suspenders to help hold it in place on formal occasions.

Next, the waist belt doesn't help. It wants to slide down, under your tummy, taking the kilt with it. This creates the dreaded "gaposis", which is one of the reasons why you shouldn't wear a waist belt under your waistcoat.

Check the length of your waistcoat. When worn it should be the same length as your coatee. For some reason (probably the economics of how many waistcoat fronts can be cut from a yard of cloth) many suppliers only supply one "length" of waistcoat. This is okay if you are a "S", barely tolerable if you are a "R" and totally too short if you are a "L".

Large and tall gentlemen usually require a deeper cut to the front (often with four buttons instead of three) in order to have the waistcoat fit properly.

For a proper fit, the front points of a Prince Charile coatee should be about 4 inches below the top edge of a traditionally cut kilt to insure that it doesn't "gap" on the sides. The points of the waistcoat should be the same length as the points of the jacket.

Dress Argyll jackets are cut longer than coatees, with the result that there are fewer problems with gapping, provided the waistcoat covers the top two inches of the kilt.

Finally, if you had been wearing any colour of hose, other than white, no one would have noted your shoe laces!

[Zardoz]

"the dreaded "gaposis"

You have to love the Engish language! Even the most obscure pet peeves are easily named!

Since I am the "experienced X Marker" on the right, lemme weigh in with a comment or two,

I had the problem with 3 button waistcoats that MacMillan describes;
I tend to wear my custom made kilts "midrise" with the top of the kilt about 1 1/2 or so inches above my navel. When I was putting my formal kit together I picked up a nice used waistcoat at a tux resale store, but after trying it on with the kilt and all, I thought the vest was very close to being too short on me. The back of it was an inch or so above the top of my kilt, not a big deal, but I though it would look bad if I removed my jacket. I returned the vest, and looked in vain for a longer one, used or new, but no luck!
I ended up getting a nice 'backless' type vest like comes with most rental tailcoat deals from Uniformalwearhouse. Honestly, it was not my first choice, but it has the benefit of being adjustable for length and waist, and is certainly not as hot as the full vest would have been.

Wesley, all things considered, as that was your first wearing of the kilt, you were looking stellar! As the guys have noted, next time hiking the kilt up a bit would help. Unlike our clan here, I doubt any of the folks at the ball even noticed the issue.