Avoiding the 'pleat flip'

[ChattanCat]

The hip measurement should be loose, of course contact your kiltmaker.

Kilt flip or flare may also be caused by large thighs. For some, the flip/flare cannot be avoided.

[bricelythgoe]

The hip measurement should be loose, of course contact your kiltmaker.

Kilt flip or flare may also be caused by large thighs. For some, the flip/flare cannot be avoided.

That could be it. I am going to order a wider hip measurement. But, I might just be too fat in thighs I guess.

Brice

[turpin]

You would want it reasonably loose. It's a measurement usually taken over worn clothing.

That must be my problem. I alway measure over brand new clothing.

Another reason that first pleat can flip is if the apron is not properly shaped. The over aprons on Stillwater wool kilts, for example (at least the three I have) are A-shaped on the right side but the crease in the first pleat follows the tartan line on the left side. On my SWK Saffron I actually re-shaped the pleat with an iron and it helpd reduce the pleat flipping. I havea PV kilt in maple leaf tartan from another kiltmaker with the same problem, and it also has a straight left side on the apron, so it's not necessarilyan issue of being too tight as much as aporn construction.

[slohairt]

I thought it looked that way as soon as I wrote it!

[bricelythgoe]

That must be my problem. I alway measure over brand new clothing.

Another reason that first pleat can flip is if the apron is not properly shaped. The over aprons on Stillwater wool kilts, for example (at least the three I have) are A-shaped on the right side but the crease in the first pleat follows the tartan line on the left side. On my SWK Saffron I actually re-shaped the pleat with an iron and it helpd reduce the pleat flipping. I havea PV kilt in maple leaf tartan from another kiltmaker with the same problem, and it also has a straight left side on the apron, so it's not necessarilyan issue of being too tight as much as aporn construction.

That is what happened from Burnetts and struths. I re-ironed that first pleat and it looks great now.

Brice