Oh dear - the kilt as corset - it must put a lot of strain on everything.
My name of Pleater is not from kilt making but from English smocks. The way they are gathered and then decorated and the gathering threads released gives a lot of elasticity to the garment at a time when elastic was not yet available.
Looking again at the photos in the OP - it isn't really possible to make out the outline of the kilt - if the turning out of the pleat and the bulge in the apron is because the garment as a whole is 'skimpit' then it is a fitting problem rather than shaping.
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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