Which Are More Traditional, Braided Epaulets or Solid Epaulets?

[Bugbear]

Which are more traditional in Highland attire, braided epaulets, or the epaulets made from a solid or un braided strip of fabric?

Which are seen more often in Scotland now-a-days?

And, which type of epaulets would you prefer?

[raibeart_dubh]

My Argyll Jacket has solid epaulets and I rather like those. Though, if I really liked a particular jacket, braided epaulets would not deter me from buying it.

As far as what is more popular in Scotland, hopefully one of our resident Scots can shed some light on that.

[BEEDEE]

I think it's more related to the use of the jacket. Both my PC and black argyll have braided epaulets, my charcoal Argyll has cloth. So braided seems to be more common with formal wear, cloth with casual.

Brian

:ootd:

[McMurdo]

BeeDee has it right the solid epaulette is seen on day wear jackets whereas the braided variety is found on formal jackets.

[Sir William]

BeeDee has it right the solid epaulette is seen on day wear jackets whereas the braided variety is found on formal jackets.

Things much have changed a bit in the last 20 years then. My bottle green day wear jacket has gauntlet cuffs, braided epaulettes, and antler buttons. I was wondering why I couldn't find a similar jacket to replace it.

[McMurdo]

Things much have changed a bit in the last 20 years then. My bottle green day wear jacket has gauntlet cuffs, braided epaulettes, and antler buttons. I was wondering why I couldn't find a similar jacket to replace it.

My Harris Tweed Argyll day wear that was made in about 1950 and my Burns Check Braemar from about the same time both have solid epaulettes, and my vintage unknown Montrose has the braided variety as does my three year old Prince Charlie. I suppose that means that each jacket maker did whatever epaulette pleased them.

[slohairt]

My vintage Regulation doublet has cloth epaulettes. I don't think one is much more formal than the other, although I'm not sure how braided epaulettes would look on a tweed jacket.

[JSFMACLJR]

although I'm not sure how braided epaulettes would look on a tweed jacket.

They look fine; done all the time.

[Bugbear]

I've read a few things that would indecate that the braided epaulets, for the formal wear, are something fairly new. I don't know this for sure, but that is why I asked this in the Traditional Highland Attire section.

[Colonel MacNeal]

I don't think it really matters, wear whichever you prefer.