Military Box-Pleats: some questions for the rabble.

[Dixiecat]

or another person could say another form of knife pleat, as a box pleat actually contains 2 knife pleats back to back.

The simplest element in any tailored pleat is the single fold, which when seen in a kilt is....... the knife pleat!

Well, actually..........what makes a box pleat a box pleat, is the box. Hell, pinch pleated drapes are modified box pleats. If you take the box and fold it one way or t'other you get a knife pleat. And, if you fold it another way, you get double box pleats. A very versatile element the pleat is.

Matt, no one is disputing what box pleats are or really how they're made, what I'm seeing here is the confusion on the evolution of the box into a military box when you add all that extra fabric. Can you post pics of how you do a military? It's obvious from the images that you've posted that you can't take a box pleat as you have made it and then create a military box pleat.