Questions on the Newsome 4yrd Box Pleat or 8yrd Knife Pleat?

**Ryan Ross** · 28th July 10, 09:06 AM

For what it's worth, the school I attended for the last five years of my secondary education (8th grade plus high school) had uniforms. The girls were all in box pleated skirts in the Black Watch tartan(or some close variation, done up in a small sett). All day. Every day. Nearly every girl I saw for five years of my life was in a box pleated tartan skirt.

That being the case, I've personally never felt that a box pleated kilt reminded me of the schoolgirl skirts to which I was so accustomed to seeing.

...I suspect that Scottish aversion to box pleats may be, rather, a vast Victorian conspiracy!

**xman** · 28th July 10, 02:21 PM

I keep checking in to hear about perceived merits of box pleats vs. knife pleats and the skirt argument continues?!

*nudge*

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 29th July 10, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by Ryan Ross

...I suspect that Scottish aversion to box pleats may be, rather, a vast Victorian conspiracy!

Or not. All of the kilts in Kenneth MacLeay's Highlanders of Scotland series of watercolors commissioned by Queen Victoria herself were box pleated (though made with closer to 5 or 5.5 yards).

**Ryan Ross** · 29th July 10, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Ryan Ross

...I suspect that Scottish aversion to box pleats may be, rather, a vast Victorian conspiracy!

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

Or not. All of the kilts in Kenneth MacLeay's Highlanders of Scotland series of watercolors commissioned by Queen Victoria herself were box pleated (though made with closer to 5 or 5.5 yards).

You and your historiosity are a wet blanket for millions who also believe in Bigfoot, Roswell, and the Grassy Knoll Theory. Thanks for ruining my day.

EDIT: I'd like to note that in the beginning of Victoria's reign, low yardage box pleated kilts were the standard, and most kilts were constructed so. By the end of her reign, the high yardage knife pleated kilt was nearly universal. The truth is out there...

**BoldHighlander** · 30th July 10, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by Ryan Ross

You and your historiosity are a wet blanket for millions who also believe in Bigfoot, Roswell, and the Grassy Knoll Theory. Thanks for ruining my day.

I still believe!!!

:mrgreen:

**Mael Coluim** · 30th July 10, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

I still believe!!!

:mrgreen:

Sasquatch in Spotsylvania!
Me too, Terry!

Now back to normal programming.

**macwilkin** · 30th July 10, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

I still believe!!!

:mrgreen:

Uncle Sas Wants YOU!

http://zapatopi.net/bsa/militia/

T.

**xman** · 30th July 10, 08:48 AM

Every year the local Skeptics Society has a Sasquatch Search camping trip. To date they have found zero evidence of any Bigfoots, but you bring up a good point. Perhaps they are too well camouflaged in their Matt Newsome box pleated hunting colours kilts!