Pleats in Front

**MacGumerait** · 24th September 12, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

Have heard some do it driving to save the pleats. Was just thinking of using a urinal with the pleats in front - both arms full of pleat.

Bet you would feel a draft from the rear too.

Haaa !! Given the guy had worn it 7 or 8 times that way , he surely encountered the need for a quick nature's call at some point in time . I guess it was a good thing that he wasn't wearing an 8 yd tank backwards !

**figheadair** · 24th September 12, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by Sir William

I've even had a few people ask me why I don't have the pleats in the front.

That's not quite as daft a question as it may at first seem. Not so much the kilt (sewn down pleats) but there is portrait evidence showing the feileadh beag with gathered pleats at the front too. The elder of the MacDonald boys (c1750) and one of Lord George Murray at Blair (c1745) are the best examples.

**pugcasso** · 25th September 12, 04:03 AM

I wonder if there are some people who naturally wrap a bath towel around themselves on the front and around the back (as opposed to at the back and wrapped around the front). The Kilt is essentially a cloth wrap and so someone's habit of how they wrap might result in the kilt with pleats in the front. I still think it would be difficult to wrap from front to back.

**Lime** · 25th September 12, 04:09 AM

but the life jacket she was trying to squeeze into was a dog one

Brilliant... just brilliant!

**tundramanq** · 25th September 12, 05:46 AM

Thought of this.
IMHO

I do a lot of handyman things for the folks around the neighborhood. One neighbor inspired me to have this t-shirt printed up. It seems to have worked and I didn't say a word. I think these people who are too lazy to think, know it. Now they know how they look.

**Jay** · 25th September 12, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Sir William

I've even had a few people ask me why I don't have the pleats in the front.

Just counter with "do I look like David Hasselhoff?"

**creagdhubh** · 25th September 12, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by castledangerous

I spoke with a guy in the beer line on Saturday at the Wildwood Irish Festival. Since, he was wearing the pleats in front, I asked him if it were the first time he wore the kilt. He said no, it was the seventh or eighth time that he had worn his kilt. After I told him that he had in on backwards, he said that no one had ever told him he was wearing it wrong. He was very appreciative and I saw him a few minutes later wearing it correctly. It was the type of kilt that I saw for sale at the festival itself in an $89 package deal, which included a sporran and a belt. Needless to say, it was not a high quality kilt, but it sure looked a lot better worn with the pleats to the rear.

Good on ya, mate!

**dutchy kilted** · 25th September 12, 01:27 PM

I saw this at the Great American Irish Festival in New York. Quietly approached him and pointed out his error.

He said it was the first time he was in a kilt and he was grateful enough to offer to buy me a beer. He was wondering why it was so uncomfortable.

**Tobus** · 25th September 12, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by pugcasso

I wonder if there are some people who naturally wrap a bath towel around themselves on the front and around the back (as opposed to at the back and wrapped around the front). The Kilt is essentially a cloth wrap and so someone's habit of how they wrap might result in the kilt with pleats in the front. I still think it would be difficult to wrap from front to back.

Probably the most common reason people wear their kilts backwards is because they just naturally assume that the flat part is for sitting on.