Dear Friends....I know it's probably heresy to suggest this...but while the foragers go for a stake and dry wood... let me ask anyway...what about doing the "pleat cheat" thing and setting the pleated portion of the Great Kilt?
I have one I love and use mainly for Ren Fairs and the odd times I want to upset my relatives. It would ...it seems ...be easier to don and avoid that rolling around on the ground/floor it seems to require to get the thing on. This is not to say I have no respect for the garment....The very day I was gifted with this I was shown how to wear it and then taken into a 20 ish Michigan winter day...wrapped up and walked about a quarter mile and was breaking a sweat!!
I would value all points of view.
Best, Curly