With some kilts, pleated to the set, when you alter the waist size then you throw the placing of the set off - usually the same element of the set is chosen to appear centre front and back. By moving the buckles you can no longer align the two elements.
One reason I made a lot of my kilts pleated to the stripe like a military kilt was to reduce the amount of work to change the size when I was losing weight and lost a considerable number of inches from my waist - or equator as it used to be.
I have some kilts with straps and buckles and I remove them whenever I wash the kilt - I use silk button thread and sew straight through all the layers of the kilt, through the hole in the leather, then down through the next hole and back to the inside of the kilt, repeat along the row and then back along the next row of holes, then tie the two ends of the thread in a knot. The leather is not good enough quality to take washing, so it is necessary to remove them or see them fall apart.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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