I have a Stillwater Irish Saffron wool kilt that looks less than wonderful from the sides and the back. There seems to be an area just to the back of the left and right hip where the kilts seem to "cave in" rather than allowing the kilt to have a full rounded appearance. Some pleats actually lay on top of other pleats.

I've noticed that the exposed part of many of the pleats vary considerably in width. Also most of the pleats increase in width as you travel downward from were the pleats are sewn down to the fell. I think this may be what is causing the problem. I'm going to try changing the pleat depth with a steam iron so that the width of the exposed portion of the pleats is about the same width as the section wear the pleats are sewn down.

Has anyone else encountered this on their Stillwater Irish Saffron?

Darrell