Quote Originally Posted by toadinakilt View Post
...Oh yes, it does. I'm afraid it's been rather abused. It's one of the old Shadow tartan acrylic heavyweights, and it's rather messed up. The pleats are wrinkled, the fabric has pilled like crazy, and the leather closures are stretched and grody.

So where do I begin? I'm not sure the pleats are ever going to fall properly again, probably as a result of my poor ironing skills.

The pilling can be removed with a sweater shaver.
The leather straps can be replaced.
The pleats can be basted and re-pressed, though acrylic is very easely melted compared to wool...

I suggest buying a new, wool shadow tartan from SWK, or one of the other kilt providers of the forum, if that is more than you can manage.