This may be a silly suggestion, and maybe others of you have already done this....You mentioned you're having trouble with the pleats, and that they're a pain to iron. It can be rather frustrating laying your kilt out and getting all the pleats flat, then to find you accidentally ironed a new wrinkle into a previously ironed pleat. RAR! When I iron my kilt, I don't use a flat iron. I know many of you have steamers, but I can't afford one. I have very long curly hair, and I frequently straighten it. I use the same straight iron for my hair on my kilt! Using that I can actually iron my kilt while its on, or simply grab each individual pleat and flatten it out without worrying about causing new wrinkles.