Quote Originally Posted by sydnie7 View Post
1. Perfectly acceptable to go without visible flashes/garters. You may need something to hold your hose up, but it doesn't have to show.
2. Kingussie pleats do have a "direction," in fact they have two True Kingussie pleating is knife pleats that face forward from either side of center rear. Reverse K has knife pleats facing rearward to either side of center rear. Plenty of illlustrations here if you need a visual, just search the term.
I'm sorry, Sydnie, I was actually thinking of box pleats, and got confused in my old age. You are right about Kingussie pleats, of course. My second question still holds, when normal pleating is viewed from the rear, is it forward towards the left, or forward towards the right? Does it truly make a difference?