Got my first kilt today. Great-Kilt! (PICS)

[Ian.MacAllan]

I think you have done an excellent job of donning the great wrap. Getting the upper part to drape attractively in the back is by far the most difficult part of the process and the part with which most of us need help most of the time. A full-length mirror behind and an adjustable one before is a great help, but it still takes quite a bit of patience and practice to learn to do it yourself.

I seriously doubt that there is any historical precedent for knife-edge pleats in a great wrap, and would not bother to iron the garment at all, except possibly for formal wear. Folds of approximately equal size are much more plausible than any kind of pleats. And I don't use the great wrap as formal wear at all because I consider that usage a 19th- and 20th-century innovation not appreciated in the USA.

Wear it in good health and with great pleasure.

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[Rome]

I seriously doubt that there is any historical precedent for knife-edge pleats in a great wrap, and would not bother to iron the garment at all, except possibly for formal wear. Folds of approximately equal size are much more plausible than any kind of pleats. And I don't use the great wrap as formal wear at all because I consider that usage a 19th- and 20th-century innovation not appreciated in the USA.

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Hmm, I hadn't even thought of that. Everything I saw on here was so impeccably pleated, but if I got it to primarily wear to Renaissance Festivals, I guess its true that it would not be steam pleated to perfection, but rather pleated for quickness, and efficiency. (EDIT: worst run on and comma infested sentence I've ever written, so i'm leaving it in my post)

Which, after doing some research, seems to be how the 17th century "great kilt" style kilts were worn, pleat it and go!

Thanks for the comment

[fluter]

Hmm, I hadn't even thought of that. Everything I saw on here was so impeccably pleated, but if I got it to primarily wear to Renaissance Festivals, I guess its true that it would not be steam pleated to perfection, but rather pleated for quickness, and efficiency.

Your earlier question elicited some excellent examples; so here is a bad example This is about how my pleats usually look on a good day.



You're looking fine!