"NOWHERE does box pleated kilts!"

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Elsie Struehmeyer doesn't make box pleated kilts, and in fact she refused to have a "how to make a box-pleat kilt" appendix added to the book that she and Barb Tewksbury wrote; "The Art of Kiltmaking".

I don't think that Kathy Lare makes box pleat kilts, though I might be wrong. She does make Military Box Pleat kilts, though. USA Kilts, Freedom Kilts, neither of those advertisers on X Marks the Scot makes box pleat kilts, though I supposed if you requested one and were prepared to pay extra, they might do one up for you. Of course, these are all in the USA and Canada.

R kilts doesn't make box-pleat kilts, though again if you asked, Robert might turn one out for you. Robert MacDonald in Vancouver, CA doesn't make box pleat kilts though he very definitely makes military box pleated kilts. And so on. In fact, if you want a "commercial" kiltmaker to create your box pleat kilt here in North America, you'll have to go to Matt Newsome (though I believe there are one or two other fellows on this board who will make one for you).

Again, these are all in the USA and Canada not in Scotland. I have no idea about Scottish Kiltmakers and what they do or do not offer.

Fact is that there are very few kiltmakers anywhere who list a four yard box pleated kilt as part of their regular offering. There are a handfull that will do it if you ask. A very small number list it on their web site or catalog as an option. I'm the only one I know of who specializes in that style almost exclusively.

Most kiltmakers who are trained in Scotland were trained to make a specific style of kilt in a very specific way, so it's really no surprise to find that they resist or simply have no interest in making kilts differently. No biggie....