Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial Tartan pleating options ...

[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.