Pleat direction ?

[beloitpiper]

The pleats always open to the right. I think it is just to have an industry standard. Now, Kingussie pleats go both ways (like on a Utilikilt).

[Ryan Ross]

Now, Kingussie pleats go both ways (like on a Utilikilt).

Well, though it's off-topic, I have to point out that Utilikilts don't use the Kingussie pleat, but something rather more like a "reverse Kingussie" pleat. On a UK, all pleats point in. A Kingussie pleated kilt has all pleats pointing out, like such: