Buttonhole for Straps on a Box Pleat Kilt

[Pleater]

I think it is a purely individual choice, though for someone purchasing it is sometimes the choice of the maker rather than the eventual owner.

It is not a true buttonhole, in that there is no bar of thread through it to fix a button. The strain of fastening be taken by the fixing of the buckle and strap. Constructing a continuous line of reinforcement within the garment is important, and the slot could be a weak point.

I have used at various times a metal bar and hook fixed to elastic, a D ring and cord and a safety pin, as means to hold the inner apron, all on the inside, so the webbing I use as the strengthening in the waistband was not divided by making a slot.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: