Great kilt with cheater pleats?

**sharpdressedscot** · 29th February 08, 06:02 AM

I was just wondering what do the rest of y'all think of ordering a great kilt with cheater pleats?

It's not traditional, but it's quicker to put on.

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**auld argonian** · 29th February 08, 06:07 AM

Who would argue with that?

When you think about it, the great kilt was not pleated only because it was supposed to serve a couple of purposes other than being used as a garment...my understanding is that it primarily doubled as a sleeping bag. If you're not going to use it for anything other than a garment, go for it.

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**Nighthawk** · 29th February 08, 06:29 AM

My opinion? Pleating a great kilt is a great pain. I'm in a living history group called the Renaissance Scots, so I take the time to pleat my phillabeg by hand, but if I wasn't in such a group, then I would most deffinately get the cheaters.

**Yeti** · 29th February 08, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot

I was just wondering what do the rest of y'all think of ordering a great kilt with cheater pleats?

It's not traditional, but it's quicker to put on.

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I put a drawstring into the great kilt I just recently got, and even though I've only warn it a couple of times, it cuts my dress-time in half, probably more! I'd say go for the cheater pleats, especially if someone else is doing it! (Sewing in pleats on a 60" wide piece of fabric seemed quite daunting to me)

~Yeti

**MacWage** · 29th February 08, 10:13 AM

Quite a few "reenactors" and folks that wear belted plaids have and do sew a "straight line" along the length of the waist (under where the belt will go) to make it quick to don.
They don't stitch a fell or press anything, just a line of stitches to hold the waist together.

**H. Hastings** · 29th February 08, 10:48 AM

I sewed pleats into my great kilt over ten years ago. Makes it MUCH easier to put on.

**Bugbear** · 29th February 08, 11:30 AM

I've put on one of those cheater pleat plaids before, kind of reminds me a little of putting on a robe. They're nice. The drawstring option would be nice too.

* I don't mean to say that the belted plaid is a robe, just that the ease of putting it on and the feel of the garment slightly reminded me of putting on a house robe.

**Mr. MacDougall** · 29th February 08, 01:23 PM

I don't have a belted plaid, but I do have one of the Celtic Croft's "Ancient" kilts. I got the cheater pleats, and I have to say, it was an excellent decision!

**sharpdressedscot** · 29th February 08, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. MacDougall

I don't have a belted plaid, but I do have one of the Celtic Croft's "Ancient" kilts. I got the cheater pleats, and I have to say, it was an excellent decision!

Well, I was thinking of getting a great kilt from CC, which is kinda (but not really) the same thing.

I'm thinking of getting the cheater pleats, because I don't feel like rolling up in it everytime I have to wear it.

**Chef** · 29th February 08, 01:42 PM

My personal choice would be the draw string which I truly believe was likely done when the great kilt was worn, but I think the cheater pleats are fine if you only plan to wear it as a garment.

By the way why do I think the great kilt had a drawstring? Sorry it's not some great insight into history, it's just this. I can not believe that the people who "...Invented the Modern World"* would settle for every man laying his kit on the ground and pleating it by hand everytime he want to put it on.

*How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It Arthur herman