tartans in kilts

**george7** · 7th June 08, 11:19 PM

Try a google image search of each of those. I've found good pictures of the kilts (and cars, ipods, etc) I've purchased, prior to buying them.

**Barb T** · 8th June 08, 04:35 AM

Isle of Skye pleated to the brown block (this is Lochcarron's IOS):

**DWFII** · 8th June 08, 06:21 AM

Barb,

Wow! That's beautiful! How would you (I) ask a commercial maker to pleat the IOS to duplicate that effect...or is that something only a bespoke kiltmaker would do?

**JerseyLawyer** · 8th June 08, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by DWFII

Barb,

Wow! That's beautiful! How would you (I) ask a commercial maker to pleat the IOS to duplicate that effect...or is that something only a bespoke kiltmaker would do?

Send them the picture and say, "I want it pleated like this." I would guess?

But it'd probably need to be a custom job.

**Riverkilt** · 8th June 08, 12:51 PM

Like others, what works for me when I lust after a tartan is to start saving pictures of it. Could have pics from this forum or galleries/albums of members of this forum. Or Google Images. More commonly I'll look up the clan webpages of that tartan and often find pics in the galleries on the clan webpages if its a clan tartan.

As pointed out, an trained/experienced kiltmaker can pleat your kilt however you like. I always use their expertise and ask what the down side of pleating it "my way" is and how they would pleat it given their choice. Never been dissappointed.

By the time I've decided to order most of my kilts I've already accumulated a bunch of pics of the tartan. Others, I've just had to go on spec.

Ron