"Viking Style" Brouge lacing?

[OC Richard]

there are certain parts of Highland dress where common sense doesn't fully explain how to wear the thing without some context. This is why so many people put the pleats to the front. Their "common sense" tells them that it would be reasonable to sit on the flat part and have the swishy bits in front where your knees move. They just don't know any better, and the garment itself doesn't have an obvious front or back if one doesn't know which is which.

Very true, and as you say it's one of the most common mistakes we see.

At kilted weddings I'm piping at I'm often the only person who has worn a kilt before. While I've not seen Groom or Groomsmen put their on kilts backwards what I have seen is putting the kilts' under-apron across their backside, leaving the thigh exposed all the way up on one side.

The most common thing is separating the flashes so that one is on the outside of the leg and one on the inside, Sir Sean style.



When I buy new flashes I stitch the two bits together so they're quicker to put on neatly, and I wish Kilt Hire firms would do likewise.