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    Hey cousin, maybe its a clan/genetic thing. I'm also 6' even and my kilt length for hand sewn kilts is 22" too.

    My inseam for p**nts is 30"

    A lot of off the rack kilt sellers have lost business from me since I decline to purchase a 24" product then have to find a seamstress to take it up. Not an easy task in the boonies.

    I've noticed a LOT of catalog folks are selling "one size fits most" goods these days. It just ain't true. I blame computers for accumulating the info that lets manufacturers sell to the thick part of the bell curve (try and find wide size shoes or ghillie brogues - heck, try and find a shoe width advertised). One size don't fit most so I stay with kiltmakers who will sew to what my weird to them, normal to me, size is.

    So - you may not match what the off the rack vendors seek as their market but you match at least one clansman and there are plenty of machine sewn and hand sewn kiltmakers out there who would be happy to fit a kilt to your body.

    Ron
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    May be weird, but apparently not completely uncommon. My USA Kilts semi-traditional is 22" total length from about an inch above my navel to the top of my kneecap. I figure if my legs were in the 'standard' proportion I would be 6'6" instead of 6' and I would need that 24" total length.

    Let me agree with Ron. 11 1/2 EEE is hard to find in any shoe in a store. I get most of my shoes online, and even then it is hard to find what I want, style wise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
    Hey cousin, maybe its a clan/genetic thing. I'm also 6' even and my kilt length for hand sewn kilts is 22" too.

    My inseam for p**nts is 30"
    Our likenesses are starting to scare me.

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    I see Steve touched on what I was getting at in an earlier posting. Does your measurement include the rise?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Galician View Post
    I see Steve touched on what I was getting at in an earlier posting. Does your measurement include the rise?
    Sorry, yes. The very top of where the kilt is worn to the top of my knee is roughly 22". Maybe 23" if I wore it high military style.

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    Its all about your body proportions.
    Height: 5'10"
    Waist: 36"
    Drop: 23"
    Rise: 2"
    Overall Kilt Length: 25"

    Mine comes to the top of my knee, and up to about an inch above my navel.

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    You might find that the apparent length of your kilts reduces should you lose any weight.

    The first kilts I made were rather long, but recently I was looking at some photos and realised that over time they appeared to shrink.

    I remade them several times, reducing the waist size, but did not alter the length, but there seems to be a definite difference.

    I can only think that by reducing the central circumference the fabric had to go further around the curve of the waist, rather than just hanging straight down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
    You might find that the apparent length of your kilts reduces should you lose any weight.

    The first kilts I made were rather long, but recently I was looking at some photos and realised that over time they appeared to shrink.

    I remade them several times, reducing the waist size, but did not alter the length, but there seems to be a definite difference.

    I can only think that by reducing the central circumference the fabric had to go further around the curve of the waist, rather than just hanging straight down.
    Probably true, however I'm a mere 160 lbs after a big meal, so I don't have an issue there.

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