Who wears a Kingussie Pleated kilt?

[Ryan Ross]

Well, I took the kilt on a test run today, to see how it stands up to heavy wind. There has been a lot of tornadic activity in south Georgia, during the last couple of days, and we're even getting unusually high winds up here.

I've heard a couple of people say that kingussie pleated kilts tend to fly up more than any other. It was no problem at all today, and we were getting 30-35 mph bursts... the higher yardage has something to do with it staying put, I'd imagine.

[Tommie]

Ah thanks guys.So it is still considered a Kingussie even though the pleats are reverse.
Well thats a relief.
Would'nt want to go out wearing something and being told its backwards.

[Ryan Ross]

Ah thanks guys.So it is still considered a Kingussie even though the pleats are reverse.
Well thats a relief.
Would'nt want to go out wearing something and being told its backwards.

Aye, you'll be fine. Your kilt will be pleated the same way as all Utilikilts (and I think several other types of neo-kilt), and there are thousands upon thousands of those in the world! Based on what research I could do, and talking to several people, the true kingussie pleat is much more obscure than the reverse kingussie. I wouldn't be surprized if there were less than 50-100 in the world, honestly (but that's purely speculative)... I only concretely know of 8- One in the Highland Folk Museum in Kingussie, one in the Scottish Tartans Museum in Franklin NC, one belonging to Al Bullman, one belonging to Larry Long, one belonging to another member of this forum (Pleater), two others that Matt has made (he said one of them was in Canada and the other was in Australia?), and my own.

Really, I'd probably be more likely to be told that my kilt was made backwards than you would!