I made a Hunting Robertson box pleated kilt to the white stripe. You are right, it is a wide pattern, and this gentleman's kilt only had 6 pleats in the back -- but it looked good. I have seen early nineteenth century box pleated kilts with only 6 wide pleats, so it worked out ok.

Pictures of this kilt are in the gallery on my web site:
http://kilts.albanach.org

Aye,
Matt