newbie question

[weeknee]

when you ride anywhere, how do you keep your pleats from being "unpressed" by yer arse??

[bchunter]

I don't.

[xman]

With wool they just stay. It's a kind of magic.

[NashTnGuy]

when you ride anywhere, how do you keep your pleats from being "unpressed" by yer arse??

As a newcomer myself I find that a good question. Hope some of the vets have answers

[Nighthawk]

Best way that I have found is to do a good sweeping of the pleats as you're getting into the car, and then reach under your bum and do a little fine tuning after you're down. It doesn't work 100 percent, but it helps.

[fluter]

Personally, I don't do any horseback riding in the kilt, Mel Gibson notwithstanding.

For driving, there are several techniques, you just find the one that suits you and your vehicle.

Sit sideways, smoothing the pleats with the hand(s). Turn, raising your weight a bit & smoothing as you go

Raise up and smooth once you're facing front. This is probably the most common ploy.

Some like to sit on a towel, then hold it at their sides as they turn---works pretty well.

Some just don't worry about it. The wool & PV hold a crease like nothing else.

[Tobus]

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!

It takes a little bit of practice, but not much. It 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.

[Tartan Hiker]

Check out this handy-dandy video on pleat-sweeping, and modify the technique for your auto/truck/sedan chair/camel saddle.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-pleats-20913/

[BoldHighlander]

Check out this handy-dandy video on pleat-sweeping, and modify the technique for your auto/truck/sedan chair/camel saddle.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-pleats-20913/

You beat me to it Bill

A classic tutorial by a 1st class gentleman!

[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!