How NOT to wear a kilt

[Pleater]

Prior to taking an interest in kilts, most of my experience was with Japanese clothing. The hakama can be pleated several ways, but if it's only pleated on one half, then the pleats go in the front. This allows unrestricted leg and knee movement, and you don't mess up the pleats by sitting on them.

Pleats go in the front:


Not the back:


I don't think pleats in the front/back is intuitive. I think it's something that must be taught. If I didn't know better, I probably would have guessed pleats go in the front, because objectively speaking, sitting on pleats isn't ideal.

I think that there are pleats centre back, like two halves of the reverse Kingussie box pleat.
I wear Thai wrapped trousers and when I lost weight I just put in pleats to make them fit again, and so ended up with something close to a hakama

Anne the Pleater