HOS revisited: 1860s Day Dress

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Nothing confusing about it. Box pleats were the original style for tailored kilts (beginning in the 1790s) and remained the common style for much of the nineteenth century. The first military regiment to make the switch to knife pleats were the Gordon Highlanders in 1854. It took a while after that for the knife pleated fashion to really catch on.

Ok, thanks, the time line was just a little scrambled in my mind, and it startled me. I think I'm going to have to disregard a few assertions that are commonly made on the forum, though.