Sweeping your pleats for that long car ride!!

[cable scot]

Kilt rental USA has a vid about just that it is in the how to sub forum

[TheOfficialBren]

Sweet! Thank you.

Here's where you can watch that video, folks.

http://www.kiltrentalusa.com/see-our-videos

[Dale Seago]

Sweet! Thank you.

Here's where you can watch that video, folks.

http://www.kiltrentalusa.com/see-our-videos

I get a warning from MacAfee when I click on that; but it's also on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEkgK7gQ6mM

For driving, though, I have a leather belt I never wear (because my parrot chewed on part of it) that now stays in my vehicle. Instead of sweeping the pleats with my hands I place the belt across my backside just below the fell to hold everything together properly, plop my bum on the seat and scootch into position, then raise up slightly and push the belt forward with gentle upward pressure until it clears the pleats, and then settle my weight back down. Never fails.

[TheOfficialBren]

Whoa! Thanks for the headsup, Dale.

=-O

BTW, that's a great tip, Dale.

[Chas]

Some members use a tea towel or a hand towel for the same purpose. I have seen a man use a plastic carrier bag. In the UK, of course, our driver's seats are on the other side. I pleatsweep and swivel round. The pleats stay in place with no problem. The secret is that the seats are leather. I think a leather seatcover would make a good accessory.

Regards

Chas

[Downunder Kilt]

Some members use a tea towel or a hand towel for the same purpose. I have seen a man use a plastic carrier bag. In the UK, of course, our driver's seats are on the other side. I pleatsweep and swivel round. The pleats stay in place with no problem. The secret is that the seats are leather. I think a leather seatcover would make a good accessory.

Regards

Chas

Exactly the way I do it Chas, got to love right hand drive cars for kilt wearing.

[cck]

And always double check to be sure nothing will get caught when you close the door.

[Dale Seago]

Some members use a tea towel or a hand towel for the same purpose. I have seen a man use a plastic carrier bag.

I've done the same kind of thing on an airplane using the jacket I was wearing at the time: Just let it drop behind me from the shoulders and used it from there, in a casual-looking way that made it appear that I was simply taking off the jacket as I sat down.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Some members use a tea towel or a hand towel for the same purpose. I have seen a man use a plastic carrier bag. In the UK, of course, our driver's seats are on the other side. I pleatsweep and swivel round. The pleats stay in place with no problem. The secret is that the seats are leather. I think a leather seatcover would make a good accessory.

Regards

Chas

When I lived in the USA back in the 1960s & 70s I had the pleats on my kilt "reversed" to make entering a left hand drive car easier.

[McElmurry]

The pleats sweep better if you sit on the right side. So you can either have someone else drive or move to the UK.

Otherwise, I sweep the best I can as I get seated and then arch my back to raise off the seat and rearange as needed.

My HOE 13oz wool kilt seems to be pretty resistant to wrinkles and they fall out quickly. I drove for three hours in my tank and upon arriving home it looked better than my PV kilt which had been lying across the top of the luggage. I don't know if the pleat depth is a factor but my PV casual wrinkles much more than my tank. After hanging for the night both kilts were wrinkle free the next morning.