Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
All of the kilts I have ever seen from the 1800's have been pleated to stripe. (Excluding the ones from the very early 19th cent. pleated to no pattern).
Matt, I'm sorry, it's my problem, and I don't know what to do about it. I feel like an idiot at this point.

I'm going to have to take that as meaning that slohairt's "cheating the pleats" is not pleating to the stripe, and there are no examples of "cheating the pleats" from that time period in existence, to your knowledge.

slohairt seems to be saying that "cheating the pleats" is a form of pleating to the stripe, and that is why it is driving me nuts when both you and figheadair answer my question with "they pleated to the stripe."

I was not asking that question from my point of view, I was asking about the two apparently different ways of pleating to the stripe, and if there were kilts from that time that showed the "cheating" method of pleating.


I'm out.