Boxed knife pleats!?

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The pleats pictured are VERY SIMILAR to Rolled Pleats. As far as I know, they are called "Stacked Pleats". That's the kind of pleats that Kelly and I did for the "Madonna Kilts" for her re-invention tour. They swing well on BOTH directions which is what she needed on stage in a dancing routine.

The difference between "Stacked and Rolled" is how many times you roll over the fabric.

Here's a link that describes the different types of pleats :

http://costume.dm.net/pleats/

This link has a GREAT explanation of a way to make a box pleats with DEEP PLEATS for improved swing! Matt... may be worth a shot trying to make an 8 yard box pleated kitl!

Rocky,
thanks for TOTALLY blowing my mind with that link. having a basic understanding of the knife & box pleats to start to consider the DOUBLE BOX & ROLLED pleats is a bit staggering.
Have you ever done a kilt with DOUBLE BOX pleats & would this work better with lighter wieght fabrics? I have seen a few tartans & suiting fabrics that i woudl like to use but as they arent proper kilting wieght have hesitatted in purchasing them. With the double box (although i must admit that i am not really a fan of the box pleat) it would give me enough fabric to cover my posterior and keep warm at the same time.
Also in the ROLLED pleat, I am at a loss as to how you would get much swing with that. if the fabric is rolled into a fairly tight tube, how does it open out to give you the much sought after swish factor???
AND can the STACKED pleat be overlapped a bit to make it look a bit more like the KNIFE pleat. I know it woudl add considerably to the bulk of the pleat but to me woudl be a bit more appealing (see note about box pleats above)

Thanks