HELP How do you get in a car?

[OC Richard]

Does that mean that in the US we should be pleating in the other direction???

Interesting point!

This entire thread is offering yet another reason why pipers around here usually change into their uniform after they arrive at the event. Or, drive to the event wearing their hose, ghillies, band shirt, and board shorts and pop on the kilt and sporran after they arrive.

There's a general dislike of wearing the uniform amongst pipe band people and they'll delay putting it on as long as possible.

Plus, when they do put on the kilt the pleats are perfect! Yes the heavyweight wool kilts favoured by pipe bands can look fine after being worn in the car, but even better if always kept perfectly straight and never worn whilst riding in a car or coach.

If my gig is close, or if I know beforehand that there's no place to change at the gig, I will drive in my kilt. I just sweep my hand under the pleats as I sit but the pleats are always all ahoo and I have to straighten myself in the seat and do a two handed sweep to fix it.

BTW not having a place to change doesn't stop most pipers around here! A common sight is to see an entire band putting on their kilts in the car park... we're quite good at doing this without ever exposing anything.