newbie question

[Nighthawk]

There's a fine art to sweeping the pleats as you sit (or re-sweeping after you've sat, by lifting yer bum up again). It's critical to maintaining your kilt in an orderly and tidy fashion. Plus it makes you seem like a kilted pro.

Funny story, I actually got a compliment from an older fellow at a Highland Games when I went to sit down in a chair at one of the clan tents to chat for a while. He made a point to tell me that he noticed I sat 'correctly' by sweeping my pleats and punching down the apron so I didn't flash everybody. Made me feel pretty good!
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It takes a little bit of practice, but not much. just becomes a fluid motion when you sit down. Sweep the pleats with one hand, and use the other to press the apron down. And once you're seated, especially if you've been sitting for a while, you can simply lift up and re-sweep to make sure everything's smooth under there. It becomes second-nature after a while.

That's so very true! On the rare occasions I wear p**ts, I still find myself sweeping my nonexistent pleats. I have actually sat on and crushed my fingers doing it!

[Pleater]

To keep them really neat you need a right hand drive car - sorry - but at least if you are ever driving in the UK you will emerge with neater pleats.

When wearing cotton kilts in the Summer heat I sit on a silk square, as it enables swiveling without disruption of pleats and reduces the heat shock of a sun roasted seat. Cire or other satin finish fabric would probably do the same, as it is slithery.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: