Hakama pleats - help me start as I mean to go on please
My hakama was getting on a bit (20+ years, though only worn for maybe 5 of them) and I noticed while it definitely had pleats at the top, they were barely noticeable past my knees.
So! New hakama, wooo, nice crisp pleats! My question is... how do I keep them that way? I have tried to fold it back with the pleats flat, though it all got a bit puzzle like trying to work out the order 😄. Do hakama generally keep their pleats unless you store them screwed up, or do I need to keep on top of keeping the pleats?
As I say, I lost the pleats somewhat on my first one, but god knows how it spent the last 20 years, I suspect not neatly folded. And... 20 years, hardly likely to be sharp creases anyway. But I'd like to keep these pleats as long as I can.
#To the people telling me to just get stitched pleats, thanks and I'll bear that in mind for next time, but I've got ones without said stitching atm so it's those I'm looking to preserve. Though good advice for other readers
I've been back to the item and they make a big deal about how the Tetron holds the pleats really easily, and I've watched a few videos and I'm happy I'm folding correctly, so I'll carry on and I'm sure have many years of happy pleats#