What's the difference?

[AllenJ]

the belted plaid is not usually pleated to the sett or the stripe as with tailored ones. It "could" be done but that dosent seem to be the case historically. So in essence, yes, with deeper, double width material, it's going to take more than a more relaxed, single width pleat on a belted plaid.

[Nick]

You can have an 8 yard GK and an 8 yard wee kilt, or you can have a 4 yard of either. But a greatkilt is double width, and that material up top is what goes over your shoulder. It also has nothing to do with the pleats. I'm very particular when I pleat mine, and have figured out just which lines to pleat to, and they're deep (my GK is a 6 yarder, so I have a bit more to play with).

Sliante,
Nick