Some years ago I bought a kilt thinking that I could learn from the construction of it - which was a mistake.

It had similar if not identical lables, and was unwearable.

I didn't think I would get anything particularly good, but the quality was laughable.

There were three pieces of fabric sewn together, one at least was recycled and had been pressed several times to put in pleats and then to try to remove the folds and press the new pleats. The surface of the fabric was polished from the pressing.

The pleats were stitched to some sort of foam to make the fell rigid. There was no shaping.

I decided that it wan't even worth the effort to take apart and try to make something decent with it.

I suspect that the quality and wearability of these kilts is wildly variable depending upon their original source, and that whilst some are dreadful others are not at all bad.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: