Here’s a situation for you Ladies and Gents.

My good kilt, the one that I tend to wear for smart/dress do’s. A Lady Chrystel Box Pleat in the RAF Tartan. Has recently been on the receiving end of some not very nice situations all of which have added up to it not looking as great as when I first got it and I’m looking for some advice on how to return it as best as possible to its previous condition.

First up while out for a recent night on the town I ended up in the unfortunate position of being the target for several beverages which had been projected at my person. Wasn’t even my fault but still...

When I got my kilt back from the dry cleaners I took it out of the bag to give it a once over and found that it had been pressed flat! Literally all of my lovely box pleats at the back were pressed Flat!!!

As I’m sure you can imagine I wasn’t best pleased and I was almost immediately back at the afore mentioned dry cleaners asking what on earth had happened (I’ll add in here that I had used them before and all of my kilts had been fine!). And with lots of reassurance from the lady behind the counter I left the kilt with her again and was told it would be fixed when I came back for it, So I went away and came back and this time inspected it in the shop and when I still wasn’t happy she took it back again and when I got it back the third time she’s said that was the best they could do despite the fact that I still wasn’t happy.

It is pleated in a way but the pleats are uneven deep on one side and shallow on the other and it doesn’t look half as good as it did before (In my opinion anyway, everyone else I’ve asked says it’s ok).

So I’m looking for some suggestions on how to fix it up a bit short on asking Lady Chrystel if she could re-pleat/press it for me, I’m not adverse to that if she would (I haven’t asked). I have checked with a couple of other cleaners near me who say they can press it the way it is but won’t fix the pleats and It’s a bit too much for me and my iron to have a go at.

So any suggestions Ladies and Gents?

This is also a bit of a warning that just because who ever cleaned your kilt/s fine last time that they will next time.

Jordan