Quote Originally Posted by cavscout
What makes more sense to me is, the highlander roughly wraps the cloth around himself over his belt and fastens the belt. At this point the aprons are roughly where they need to be. From there all he needs to do is reach behind himself or have a brother, sister, mother, room mate... quickly box pleat the excess. A few adjustments to the apron and he's good to go.
Here's the method I've been using for a while now:

Grab the selvedge approximately an apron width from the end of the 4-5 yards of cloth.

Using your hands, gather the cloth into knife pleats until you're approximately one apron width from the other end.

Tuck the bundle of pleats between your chin and shoulder, and let it all hang down your back.

Put on your belt, then pull the aprons across in front. There's no real need to have anyone "adjust" the pleats in back, since you're either going to be covered by your shirt-tails (I highly recommend mid-thigh or knee-length shirt-tails for a belted plaid!) or you're going to feel a draft and cover it yourself.