kick pleat

[Steve Ashton]

OK, here is the problem.

You went to a dress maker and she said "The outer apron will now cover the "kick-pleat" is what she had said."

The confusion is that she was using a term from dress making.
To her a "Kick Pleat" is a reverse box pleat inserted into a skirt to allow it to open.
Often made from a contrasting color they "flash" the color similar to what we see with pleats when we swish.

Here is a ladies skirt with "Kick pleats".



In our kilt words what she was saying is that she adjusted the size of the kilt until the outer apron covered the "Reverse pleat" correctly.

[Tartan Hiker]

I have a pleat kick question that I've been meaning to ask, and this seems like as good a time as any.

The last two kilts I made have hidden pleats in the left apron edge, and when I walk both of these kilts kick a bit along that edge. When I stand still, the left edge lays down perfectly. It only pops when I walk. None of my other kilts do this, and they don't have a hidden pleat.

Is this kicking perhaps due to the hidden pleat? Has anyone seen this phenomenon before? Circumstantial evidence seems to point to the hidden pleat as the culprit.

Thoughts?