Our queen wears kilts which are longer length, and entirely mirror imaged from the normal masculine garment.

I have seen photos/film women wearing kilts with the pleats done normally but the aprons reversed, right over left.

I wear kilts which are short enough not to take the skin off the back of my knee when wet, and reverse Kingussie pleated - it just seems right for pushing through heath and other vegetation around here. I fold them left over right as I sometimes wear kimono style garments which are always left over right unless dressing a corpse.

Personally if the kilt is to be knee length I'd tend to think it should be made in the male mode, and if a below knee length then it should be reversed and made a more A line shape too.

I feel that as the kilt is honouring military service it should be in the male mode - though I would not necessarily think it should be pleated to the stripe, but to whatever is preferred - if pleating to the sett is possible with the tartan then it might give a nice balance between deference to a tradition and personal preferences.

Anne the Pleater