So, Rocky at USA Kilts has ordered some Navy Stewart to make me a casual kilt. It looks like this:


The tan colour is brighter than these images would have you think. The red stripe that surrounds the large blue square is also more obvious in real life. I asked him to pleat it like this:

(The pink is just to illustrate the folds.)

He replied (hope you don't mind me quoting you here, Rocky),

I CAN do it that way, but it will not look that good. Stripes are supposed to be centered on the pleat. The way you have it pleated , the stripe would be at the edge of each pleat.

My opinion would be to have it pleated to the Sett OR the brown and white center stripes (which you said you DIDN'T want to emphasize).
So what would it look like if it were properly pleated to stripe?

For those who want to fool around with images, there are larger copies at http://moonset.ca/kiltjacket/bignavy.gif and http://moonset.ca/kiltjacket/pleatstripe.gif

All opinions welcome.