SNAPPY SOLDIER TUNIC PLEAT

[Tarbicus]

Graham, I also just found an old RAT post of yours, posted via Aitor;

Many surviving Roman tunics show evidence of alteration to shorten the length by means of tucks around the waist. Perhaps and I stress perhaps, these tucks were deemed unsightly and in the case of the military they were covered by waistbands.

By "tucks", do you mean they were actually sewn in place? That would be very interesting to try out if so.