Yes this book is a must-have for any kiltwatcher!

The section with all the photos showing well-made kilts and poorly-made kilts is an eye-opener. The next Highland Games I went to I spent a lot of time looking at the kilts around me with a much higher level of understanding. Wow there are a lot of badly made kilts out there! Mostly in pipe bands I will say.

One curious aspect of the book is that it discusses two methods of pleating the kilt, to the sett/tartan and to the line/stripe.

It mentions the "unfortunate lawnchair effect" when there is no strong verticle element present in the pleats.

However, amongst pipe bands, this very sort of pleating is very common, either pleating to an open area of the tartan which has no vertical element at all, or pleating to an area of the tartan which has a very weak vertical line. At distance, both look the same: the pleats show only horizonal lines.

I have heard this method of pleating called "pleating to the block".

Interesting that it's not mentioned in this book.

Here it is: