I think some of my issue may be that the kilts are riding a little lower with not so much girth to hold onto. Plans are to move the buckles an inch to snug everything up. will see where I stand on length after that.

When I started wearing kilts some 7 months ago I wore a size 48 kilt at its largest hole now I'm down to kilts around 46 at thier shortest hole so the loss of girth has been fairly dramatic. Some of my friends who hadn't seen me in awhile told me they wouldn't have recognized me aside from the kilt.