I have a beautiful hand-sewn kilt that Ada Langley made for me about 12 years ago. At the time, it had probably been a good 9 or 10 years since I had last had or worn a kilt and for some reason I had her make it with the drop to mid-knee cap. We talked over the phone, so I didn't have the opportunity to have her measure me. We did discuss length and I think she had commented that I did not want to go below that length. After I received it I realized that I really preferred wearing it to the top of the knee cap, a difference of 1.5". This really hasn't been a problem as I just wear the the kilt under my ribs, essentially with a military rise at 3.5", which actually was the way I had worn previous band kilts. When I had Matt Newsome make my other kilt, I of course went with the shorter drop and a higher rise and that one fits like it is supposed to with the strap at my natural waist.

While the "tank" actually stays in place most of the time, occasionally I have to hike it up a little due to gravity. The fit at the fell is the same without any perceptible difference regardless of where it is hanging. I started to think, why don't I have the straps and buckles moved down that 1.5"? I emailed Ada and she is certainly willing to do that. Now I'm starting to have second thoughts and wondering if it is really worth fixing something that isn't really broken.

I know I ultimately have to decide this myself but thought I would see what others thought at XMTS. Has anybody had this type of alteration done? One of the things I started thinking is that at some point I will probably be handing this kilt down to my son who's a couple of inches taller than me. I guess he could ultimately have another alteration done at some point if he wanted to, as we're not talking about cutting any material out here. I also am on a plan to shave off some pounds again and doubt I'll move below the couple of inches I have left on the strap but if I did, that would become a necessity for alteration and guess I could do it all at once then if I still wanted to.

I'm probably just obsessing at this point but appreciate the opportunity to bounce this off you.