Kingussie Kilt by Lady Chrystel

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Beautiful, and I don't know if Chrystel came up with the idea of knife pleats reversing in the center with a box pleat, but it is positively genius!

This style of pleating dates back at least to the 1820-1840s era. It's called a "Kingussie" pleat because for a while the only surviving historic example of a kilt pleated this way was housed in the Highland Folk Museum in Kingussie, Scotland. (We have a replica of this kilt in the Scottish Tartans Museum).

A few years ago we had a kilt donated to us from the same era (1840s) that was also pleated in this same style, so now there are two surviving historic examples that I am aware of. This kilt is currently on display in the Scottish Tartans Museum.

So it is an old style of pleating, though it never has been a common one. Historically, though, these kilts had only 4 or 5 yards of cloth.

[McFarkus]

A beautiful kilt, Robert. Kudos to Lady Chrystel!

And that 18th century style sporran is very fitting indeed!

I believe that is a Ferguson Britt sporran from Matt Newsome's Scottish Tartan Museum shop. I have one in Canadian beaver and I love it!

[OC Richard]

This style of pleating dates back at least to the 1820-1840s era. It's called a "Kingussie" pleat...

What I wonder is, have ever been any "reverse Kingussie" kilts?

If I can diagram the Kingussie as

__________\\\\\\\T///////__________

(with the T an attempt to represent the central box) would instead go

__________/////// \\\\\\\__________

[Ancienne Alliance]

What I wonder is, have ever been any "reverse Kingussie" kilts?

If I can diagram the Kingussie as

__________\\\\\\\T///////__________

(with the T an attempt to represent the central box) would instead go

__________/////// \\\\\\\__________

Our reverse Kingussie will be thus :


__________///////T\\\\\\\__________


We would like to keep that unusual box pleat right there where it is...


Best,

Robert