Stitching the pleats for shipment/transit is one of the small things that make the difference between a
cheap kilt mass produced without regard to how it will look/fit the wearer when he gets it and the
careful attention to detail even on Stillwater's
economy kilt that sets it apart from the "really"
inexpensive kilts. I have bought several kilts from
Stillwater and I state "They offer the BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK/DOLLAR/POUND/EURO in the Kilt business"!
With the pleats stitched for transit you have a ready to wear kilt (of course you have to remember to
remove the stitches before actually wearing the kilt). Sportkilt and some of the music brokers do not
stitch their kilts and as a result you have to wash,
dry and iron or have a dry cleaner do it before you
wear the kilt right out of the shipping carton.
I recently got the Stillwater 'Pride of Scotland' and
am very pleased with it.