Hundreds of Pleats ??

**awoodfellow** · 17th May 05, 05:45 AM

although the reference to kilts "containing hundreds of pleats" kinda made me think someone didn't do all their homework

. and a maclachlan at that. mae oon brethren.

http://www.tracypress.com/local/2005-05-16-Games.html

ambrose

**chasem** · 17th May 05, 07:14 AM

that'd be a crazy kilt I think...

**highlander_Daz** · 17th May 05, 08:58 AM

"the Clan Wallace tent, Laurie Isdelle said she thought that recent interest in Scottish heritage had a lot to do with one of her distant relatives by marriage, a man by the name of William Wallace.

Wallace, of course, is best known to people today as the title character in Mel Gibson's "Braveheart." The film won five Oscars in 1995, including best picture, and briefly made kilts and blue face paint must-have items for Halloween stores."

Not another Wallace descendant!

**Doc Hudson** · 17th May 05, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by chasem

that'd be a crazy kilt I think...

Actually, that would be a Greek Kilt.

We had a discussion about them recently, but I can't remember what the blasted things are called. Something like "fustinella" or something similar.

**Miah** · 17th May 05, 10:19 AM

Yeah I recall hearing about them during the Olymipics I think Each pleat is there to reprsent something, All the kilts have the same number of pleats.

I can't recall what they are named or what each pleat represents either.
I do recall that the material was a soft thin cotton or something like that.

**Doc Hudson** · 17th May 05, 10:29 AM

One pleat for each year of Turkish Occupation.

**Rob Wright** · 17th May 05, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by highlander_Daz

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Not another Wallace descendant!

Technically no one can be a descendent of Wallace since he didn't have children.

Rob

**cajunscot** · 18th May 05, 03:34 AM

Here is a good web page about the Greek Evzones, the Greek soldiers who wear the fustanella, or kilt:

http://www.athensinfoguide.com/wtsevzones.htm

I've seen some more "utlilitarian" versions of the fustanella in pictures from the Second World War.

Back to topic now...

Todd

**beerbecue** · 18th May 05, 05:36 AM

I guess you could make 100 pleats if they were each no more than 0.5 cm wide at the hip!!!!! I suppose to the stripe would be the easiest!!

**Doc Hudson** · 18th May 05, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by Rob Wright

Technically no one can be a descendent of Wallace since he didn't have children.

Rob

But actually we can't be positive that William Wallace had no children since there is so little known about his personal life. It is even uncertain whether or not he was married, or who his father was, or where he was born.

Any wonder anyone with a relation to Clan Wallace claims the relation to the most famous member?