I've searched the forums and found a few references with modification advice, but not many. Please forgive me if this has been beat to death as I'm sure it has. Perhaps my search-fu is weak. I'll humbly accept references to other threads if offered

My MacQueen kilt has shrunk! Well... no. In reality my natural waist has expanded more than I can adjust the kilt. It's not an expensive kilt. It's an off the rack PV with three buckles. And I've just aquired a correctly sized off the rack Heritage of Scotland tartan kilt, but I dearly love my first, and would love to continue wearing it.

As far as I can tell, my options are to modify the kilt by letting out a pleat to give me a proper waist size or wear the darn thing at my hips and cut/hem the bottom. It's been riding lower and lower and it's starting to look like a skirt. Below my natural waist I'm built like a cylinder, so I kinda think I might get away with wearing it at the hip. I'm concerned about the appearance of the lower buckle which I suppose I could/should remove.

I can post photographs wearing the darn thing either way if that would help.

Thanks in advance.