I think, anyone correct me if I am wrong, that we all can agree that the interior of the pleats should not fall below the exterior level. If they do, then they have been pressed wrong or the kilt has been made incorrectly. I think in this case the kilt has been made incorrectly (going by the evidence produced.)

How then did it get past quality control? One only has to hold the kilt up, keep the waistline level and see that the outside and inside are not aligned or any other number of faults that can occur. I have had a fault with with a kilt purchased online and would have/should have been picked up by simple quality control.

Yes mistakes are made in processes, but that is what quality control is about. It's not like kilts are being processed like a factory making chocolates or jubes where hundreds go through a second. Places like Tartanweb, Scotweb, Highland Clans may send out perhaps 20 kilts a day maximum. To spend 5 minutes on each kilt checking aligments, seams, the hang etc means 100 minutes work but would ensure that inferior mechandise does not get dispatched.
(ends up saving the business money, postage costs etc, and bad publicity)

That is all I have to say about it