...meaning a contemporary kilt.

Me.

Waistband much like a pair of levis..wider than a traditional waistband. Belt loops....not sporran loops, BELT loops for a 3 inch belt. Basically, like a Freedom kilt!

knife pleated, probably about 18 pleats on the backside of a 48 inch butt dude...thus about a 1.5 inch pleat reveal, 5.5 - 6 inches of cloth per pleat. Topstitched pleats are fine. Sew down the pleat edges.

The over apron is about 4 inches narrower than a traditional kilt, so the pleats wrap around a bit more, but I'm favoring that look over the uber-narrow pleats of my X-kilt these days. LOTS of overlap with the under-apron. This is basically like an R-Kilt.

Button closure, or velcro if I'm going to wear it under a backpack waist strap, taking 50 pounds of load. No straps\buckles. I invariably wear kilts with a belt.

length to to of knee, maybe top 1/3 of knee

Jury is still out on the pockets issue.

Material....I loved that hemp/recycled poly "denim" stuff I got for the earthkilt project, and that was "10 ounce" stuff, if I remember rightly. It was a charcoal gray and I loved it.

simple in layout and line....no doo-dads, hanging clips and D-rings, rivets for the gothmetal look or any of that. I don't even want any extra leather, just plain and simple kilt. You know, I don't own this kilt, yet. It's taken me nearly 4 years to envision this thing.

How about you?