Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Tartan pleating options ...

[rmccool]

I have a kilt in the LE Officers' Memorial tartan pleated to the gold stripe, and I love it. I wore it to work for the first time today, for a co-worker's "going away" lunch (he got a better job), and received nothing but compliments from my co-workers -- and a rather cute waitress.

The back of the kilt definitely looks different from the front, but I really like the look. I sent Scout photos previously, but if there's interest, I'll be glad to post them on the forum as well.

If you're a cop, or support those of us who are, or just like the looks of tartans with a lot of blue, the LE Officers' Memorial is a beautiful tartan. Rocky and Mac do great things with it in their semi-trad kilts.

[OC Richard]

Here are photos of one, pleated to the gold

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-tartan-66802/

All things being equal, I always prefer pleating to a line, or to a block. Military kilts have always been pleated to the line, and nothing screams "civilian!" like a kilt pleated to the tartan.

For sure if I were outfitting a Police Pipe Band wearing that tartan, I wouldn't consider pleating to the tartan for one minute. The only question would be which part of the sett would be used for the pleating, the gold line in the lighter blue, or a line in the darker blue portion. I would probably go with the latter, because 1) the back of the kilt would have a nice dark look and 2) when you walked the pleats would swish and reveal the bright blue underneath.

The military Royal Stewart piper's kilts are made that way, pleated to a dark portion, so that when the pipers march the brilliant red can be seen showing from underneath.