Military Box Pleat XMTS Tartan Kilt

[cacunn]

way2fractious purchased a very old military kilt that had this pleating style from which he learned how to make this type of pleat. Another unusual feature about this kilt was that it had a band on the inside of the pleats to keep the kilt from flairing up too much from either wind or activity. Having seen my beloved Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess and I at work on the dance floor he felt that this feature might be useful.


Jamie

Is the retaining strap (for lack of a better term) elastic and attached to ever second or third pleat?

Way2 the work look great. It is amassing how many quality kilt makers are showing up in the states.

[way2fractious]

Is the retaining strap (for lack of a better term) elastic and attached to ever second or third pleat?

It is elastic, obtained from the friendly, neighborhood fabric store, and is attached to the inside edge of every other pleat with enough slack to accomodate a third pleat.

The old military kilt I obtained as an example has broken remnants of very old elastic which is no longer stretchy. (Similar to this old guy who loses his physically adaptive capacities with the passage of years. ) It took a while to unravel the mystery of what it was. As to why it was used on the kilt, the best guess is that it helps to tame the labrynth layers of creases so they fall back into place more readily. {shrug}

w2f