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    The proper length of the jacket is at or above the bottom of the fell. I prefer my kilt jackets a little shorter than the bottom of the fell. If you kilt does not have the pleats sewn down, measure your kilt lenth and divide it by 3. Since you like to wear your kilt about 1 or 2 inches below the traditional kilt, add an in to the 1/3 measurement. This should put the jacket about the shelf of your butt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChattanCat View Post
    The proper length of the jacket is at or above the bottom of the fell. I prefer my kilt jackets a little shorter than the bottom of the fell. If you kilt does not have the pleats sewn down, measure your kilt lenth and divide it by 3. Since you like to wear your kilt about 1 or 2 inches below the traditional kilt, add an in to the 1/3 measurement. This should put the jacket about the shelf of your butt.
    So this mathematics of yours will give me the length down my kilt the jacket should come?
    This is all far more confusing that I had anticipated. I might just ask Victoria to convert the jacket as she normally would and trust that it'll look fine enough for the limited use it'll get in the near future. I appreciate all of the expert input, I'm just worried that if I try to do any measuring on my own that I'll end up causing more problems than I avoid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NewEnglander View Post
    So this mathematics of yours will give me the length down my kilt the jacket should come?
    Yes, and MacLL was suggesting a way to determine the length of the jacket.

    This is all far more confusing that I had anticipated. I might just ask Victoria to convert the jacket as she normally would
    Well yes, that would be a good default action: Trust Victoria!

    Everyone has been giving you slightly different views, triangulating on the same point: the line of your hip measurement on the kilt. Possibly we've just confused the issue for you (sorry!), so I will add one more to increase the obfuscation.

    Depending on your build, the sleeves of your jacket probably come close to the fell line of the kilt. Draw an imaginary line across the jacket there, and another 2 inches higher.

    If the hem of the jacket lies in that range, you'll be fine!


    Farlander does raise a good point: when selecting a jacket, it's good to note where the buttons are in relation to your proposed sporran cut-away area.
    Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon,
    gainfully unemployed systems programmer

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