I posted awhile back that I was going to retailor my Irish national thrifty kilt to something that suited me better. I have begun. The work that has been done to date is the removal of the waistband and taking out the pleats. As my waist to hip ratio is very small, I am putting all the taper in the pleats and leaving the fringe and underapron edge alone. I can't post pics at the moment as my camera is not working right. Will try and post pics of pleating if I can get the camera working right by then.