I'll post my $.02 as well (since the PV Saffron he ordered is from USAK).

When we press the pleats in, I press them in pretty hard and pretty firm (and using a gravity feed iron and a vacuum ironing table helps too). When you wash the kilt, the pleats WILL STILL be there (although a bit 'disheveld'). When you layt it flat to dry, STRAIGHTEN THE PLEATS OUT FIRST while damp... it will make ironing MUCH easier.

When you iron, use a steam setting, but a LOW steam setting (3 to 3.5 on an iron that goes up to 5). Also, for Saffron, USE A PRESS CLOTH.

What's a press cloth? A PLAIN COLORED piece of fabric... an old white hankercheif or an old bedsheet cut into a 3" square and doubled up will work very well. When you flip the kilt over and iron the INSIDE (which helps to keep the pleats crisp), you don't need to use a press cloth and you can turn the iron up a little bit (3.5 to 4), but always keep it MOVING over the cloth.

You'll also notice I put a hem in the bottom of the Saffron kilt. When you go to iron the bottom edges, keep the iron either ALL ON the hemmed 2" bottom area or ALL OFF the hemmed bottom area. When the iron stradles the bulkiness of the hem and the 'regular thickness', it tends to heat the edge of the hem too much and give it a 'shine' that you don't want.

When you iron the bottom hemmed edge on the INSIDE of the kilt, you can really push down and steam it to give it a nice crisp edge... but again, keep the iron moving. You don't want it to sit and heat up 1 spot for more than a couple (2) seconds.

Hope this info helps!