'Kingussie' Pleated

[M. A. C. Newsome]

From the site:


I sat next to this very kilt at Burns Night! Seriously, it belongs to Al Bullman, who volunteers some time at the museum (and co-wrote the Compendium of District Tartans with me). It's the Bullman tartan, designed for him by Bob Martin, who also made that kilt.

I've done a couple of Kingussie pleated kilts for folks. Not my favorite style, but certainly different.

For what it's worth, we have an exact replica of the kilt from the Kingussie folk museum (the one in the grainy B&W photos on the site) at the Scottish Tartans Museum, also built by Bob Martin. It's in the Robertson tartan, with white line.

The only reason why this style of pleating is called "Kingussie" pleating (named by Bob Martin) is because the only known historic kilt made in this style was this kilt in the Kingussie museum. Until recently, that is...

The second historic kilt to be discovered pleated in this manner, dating from roughly the same time period, is also on display in the Scottish Tartans Museum. It's in the Muirhead tartan (originally a Stewart variant). Check it out:
http://www.albanach.org/muirhead.htm

Aye,
Matt