Modern kilts or camo kilts with lots of pleating?

[sydnie7]

A lot depends on your fabric content. Most of the camo I see is either 100% cotton or cotton/nylon 50/50. There's also some cotton/poly running around but less common in my experience.

Pleat life is very much a factor of fabric content. Trad wool knife or box pleats take a good hard steam pressing and hold that edge well. Cotton takes a nice edge but loses it easily, as well as wrinkling when you sit on the pleats (think about a cotton dress shirt). Cotton blends don't wrinkle as easily but they also don't take quite as crisp an edge when steam pressed.

If you're just going to stand or walk in your kilt, almost anything will look nice. It's the sitting that kills the deal. Edge-stitching the length of pleats, inside and out, helps non-wool fabrics hold that edge as you move through the day.

There are lots of camo kilts around, do a search here and you'll see a range of DIY results. Whatever you do, have fun!

[ccga3359]

I don't know if many pleats will help prevent wrinkling but I find with camouflage effect would be better with larger pleats.