Until I joined X-Marks I'd never even heard of a box-pleat kilt.

There are a couple of us here that have been making box-pleats for a while, most notable among them being Matt Newsome. But if I remember correctly, Matt dove into the Box Pleat Kiltmakers pool just about the same time that I joined X-Marks, meaning about 2 years ago. Since that time I know of at least half a dozen guys who've made box-pleat tartan kilts, not to mention the 65+ box-pleated X-Kilts. It seems like an awful lot of the damaged X-Marks tartan from Fraser and Kirkbright is going into 4-yard box pleat kilts.

There are even a couple of other folks who make box-pleats semi/casually-commercially here at X-Marks. The very first box-pleat kilt I ever saw was made by way2fractious, and it's still one of my favorite kilts. Personally, without Matt and Richards work I never would have thought of making a contemporary box-pleat kilt, and the X-Kilt would have been something entirely different.

So I wonder if it wouldn't be too far afield for us folks here at X-Marks to have made a significant contribution to the resurgence of the box-pleat kilt, and re-awakening of general awareness of that style as a valid kilt.