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There is little doubt that the all-time pleat style favourite is
the ‘knife pleat’. Found on millions of business women’s outfits,
schoolgirl’s skirts, evening gowns, everyday wear items, not
forgetting the Scottish pleated kilt skirt!
Knife pleats can be found in skirts with only one or two large
pleats, ranging to those featuring a sea of small pleats all the way
round. Interestingly enough, in the vast majority of cases, knife
pleats all face the same way; of course this does not apply to front
pleat skirts as an example, where matching pleats face in both
directions. So how does one ascertain which way a knife pleat faces?
Er.. let’s say the sharp bit usually faces anti-clockwise. Look at
the following piks to see this for yourself: |
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Some classic examples here. To the left we see a
typical plaid skirt with all-round knife pleats. It is
NOT a kilt as some would describe it, as for a
start, a kilt isn’t pleated all the way round... To the
right we have a classic floaty georgette knife pleat
dress. | |
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So we see that the knife pleat is universally accepted for
all manner of skirts be they both short and of a longer
length. The next three piks. depict the ‘lighter' side of the
knife pleat skirt. |
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Power dressing to kill... Heaven help anyone who
tries to beat this gal up the ladder of success! I’ve
worn outfits like this to work fairly recently and
you can have most of the male staff eating out of your
hand! |
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A bit solemn this one but classic all the same. Best
suits the office or a teacher for parent’s evening etc.
Stitched down knife pleats - very sharp - very
prim. | |
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Two flirty leisure type skirts. White and
pink. |
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VERY flirty and VERY sexy. I wouldn’t like to wear the pink
one round the house as I have a feeling that my Simon would go
nuts and we’d NEVER get anything useful done... |
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And last but one in the knife pleat section, let’s go
formal. Now formal can mean only one thing; namely a stunning
outfit to get you noticed! Gorgeously long, or provocatively
short... the look should achieve the same result! |
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No woman should be without an LBD. (little black
dress). I myself have a lovely long sleeved version in
panne velvet. The hot little number shown left with it’s
waist lace insert is something quite different... But
how about that patterned white semi-transparent skirt
being paired to that colourful little top? Equally
slinky and sexy in my opinion. Simon loves this sort of
style too. Not sure about that pleated LBD though (see
pink skirt shown above...) | |
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The skirt to the right is treading on sunray pleat
territory as most ankle length skirts seem to err away from
knife pleats for some reason. Once again immensely sexy -
particularly for the pleat lover. Watch out for the dirt
though, particularly with the lighter coloured variants in wet
weather (if outside like at a Wedding) as the hem will catch
on shoes whilst walking, it will usefully (!) sweep steps
clean whilst one is walking up or down them and spread
itself all over the ground (waiting to be trodden on) when one
is seated.. | |
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And lastly, the Scottish tartan kilt, depicted here in ‘Dress
Gordon’, one of the most popular ‘dress’ tartans for ladies’ wear.
Note that the front view is the more unusual variant with the front
flat ‘apron’ opening up over the right hip. |
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A pure wool kilt will retain it’s durable sharply
pressed knife pleats as long as the material is not
allowed to get wet. Stand under an umbrella at a bus
queue for any length of time and those neat sharp pleats
will soon start to ‘round off’. Furthermore, if you can
feel the rain on your ankles or calves and the kilt
becomes really wet you can kiss goodbye to those
pleats... Yes, it happened to a good friend of mine! She
was of course a bit distressed to see the lower twelve
inches of her skirt turned into little more than a wooly
jumper, so I suggested she either completed the job by
going swimming in it for fun, or by washing it in a bowl
of hot soapy water (to finish the job) and turning it
into tartan seat covers :) |
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