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    I'm just hopping on the bandwagon by this point, but I like the yellow one best too.

    Pleating to the sett was not an option ?

    I like the uniformity, and the sett really is what tartan is all about, so I don't want to hide it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CBH View Post
    I'm just hopping on the bandwagon by this point, but I like the yellow one best too.

    Pleating to the sett was not an option ?

    I like the uniformity, and the sett really is what tartan is all about, so I don't want to hide it.
    Pleating to the sett was definitely an option (along with pleating to the red stripe), but I really wanted this kilt pleated to a stripe and the red didn’t really call to me all that much. I was thinking the black/blue/black because that teal stripe was what originally made me fall in love with it. The yellow is definitely the ‘go-to’ and I see why, I’ve seen other pictures of it pleated to the yellow and it looks nice, but not being a HUGE fan of yellow and really liking that teal stripe, wanted to see what it would look like. I’m still stuck right in the middle though 😆

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    Those both look excellent. You can't make a wrong choice.
    At a glance, my initial reaction is that the black/blue looks amazing. But if I sat and stared at them for a week, I don't know which one I'd pick in the end.

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    I wouldn't worry about it, you won't be the person looking at it! Personally I am a fan of pleating to the sett but, for what it is worth though, your new kilt pleated to the yellow stripe sounds good to me.
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    The yellow is the better of these two options - although personally, I would pleat to the set

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    To me pleating to the stripe is always preferred because you get two looks for the price of one.

    I very much prefer having the back of the kilt present a different thing than the front.

    Certainly pleating to the yellow line is the most striking.

    Yet, not being a big fan of yellow in general, I myself would go with the blue line.

    There are visual, historical, and philosophical reasons for pleating to a stripe (or block) rather than to the tartan/sett.

    The visual has already been said. The historical reason is that pleating to the tartan/sett appears to be a recent innovation.

    The philosophical or art-theory reason is the principle of "form follows function".

    So in your house it would be possible to paint over a window to look like a continuation of the wall surrounding it, to try to make it disappear.

    But a window's function is to see outside, so why not let a window's function dictate what it looks like? Let it look like what it is: a rectangular hole in the wall with a rectangle of glass held in a frame filling the hole.

    This principle tells us that we should let a row of pleats look like a row of pleats, not like an imitation of the flat fabric which flanks it.

    All this is well and good however there do exist tartans the visual effect of which depends on all the colours being seen in their proper proportions. To me these rare few tartans look best pleated to the sett.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    To me pleating to the stripe is always preferred because you get two looks for the price of one.

    I very much prefer having the back of the kilt present a different thing than the front.

    Certainly pleating to the yellow line is the most striking.

    Yet, not being a big fan of yellow in general, I myself would go with the blue line.

    There are visual, historical, and philosophical reasons for pleating to a stripe (or block) rather than to the tartan/sett.

    The visual has already been said. The historical reason is that pleating to the tartan/sett appears to be a recent innovation.

    The philosophical or art-theory reason is the principle of "form follows function".

    So in your house it would be possible to paint over a window to look like a continuation of the wall surrounding it, to try to make it disappear.

    But a window's function is to see outside, so why not let a window's function dictate what it looks like? Let it look like what it is: a rectangular hole in the wall with a rectangle of glass held in a frame filling the hole.

    This principle tells us that we should let a row of pleats look like a row of pleats, not like an imitation of the flat fabric which flanks it.

    All this is well and good however there do exist tartans the visual effect of which depends on all the colours being seen in their proper proportions. To me these rare few tartans look best pleated to the sett.
    Many thanks! I really appreciate your input. I did end up going with the black/blue/black stripe, I liked how much of the blue it brought out in the kilt. Can’t wait to see it when it gets here! Slàinte Mhath, a charaid!

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    Of the two options, I prefer pleating to the yellow stripe; in general, though, I prefer pleating to the set.
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