Military Box Pleats

[The Wizard of BC]

And yes Michael, if you cut away the pleats to thin the back of the kilt you must do the steeking. It hold the cut ends of the inside of the pleats and prevents them from sagging under their own weight. Steeking is the little secret in Traditional and Contemporary kiltmaking that keeps the pleats straight and parallel.

(oh, and I am using Contemporary in the way I coined it. A traditional kilt modified to take into account Durability, Fit, Fabric and Pockets.)