The Box Pleat
Kilt
A kilt cut the older way: box pleated, heavyweight, and made to one man's measurements from cloth woven at the mills that have always done it best.
Commissions from
$550
Lead time
12 to 14 weeks
- Your tartan
- $550
- You provide the cloth
- Our tartan
- $660–675
- Sourced through the mill. Final figure moves with shipping and tariffs
Bringing your own tartan? Browse setts before your call
No charge for the call · Payment in full when the cloth is ordered
Ask a Question FirstWhat you are
actually buying
Box pleated by hand from heavyweight worsted, cut to your own measurements rather than a stock size. Most of what you are paying for is in places you cannot see from across a room.
- Pleating
- Box pleat, pleated to the sett
- Cloth
- 16oz worsted wool, woven in Scotland
- Yardage
- Four yards
- Waistband
- Canvassed and interlined, no fusible
- Fastening
- Two straps, one worn inside and one outside, in brown or black leather. Standard with no fringe
- Hardware
- Buckle in brushed nickel or antique brass, your choice
- Finishing
- Hand-sewn hem, steeked pleats
- Lead time
- 12 to 14 weeks from the fitting call
Why Bear Hollow
box pleats
The fold
Pleats are folded outward from a central flat, using less cloth for the same body and hanging with more swing. It is the older construction, and it is what a working man's kilt looked like before regimental dress standardized on a single alternative.
The finish
Every pleat is set and steeked by hand, then pressed to the sett so the pattern matches at the fold. It holds its shape and its movement for decades, not just for one afternoon.
