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[OC Richard]

He's wearing a kilt and shoulder plaid not a belted plaid.

The rather complex garment consisting of a square of tartan, fringed on three sides, the fourth side pleated and attached to a narrow cloth belt (which went round the waist), the fringed side opposite the belt having a triangular fringed tab of tartan which was put through the jacket's epaulette, was consistently referred to as a "belted plaid" in vintage Highland Dress catalogues from the 1920s through the 1950s.

It's nowadays usually called a "drummer's plaid" in pipe bands, though this is a misnomer, as it was worn not only by drummers but also by sergeants and officers in Full Dress. I"ve also seen it called an "evening plaid" in connexion with civilian attire.

(Not to be confused with the breacan-an-feileadh of the 18th century, or the modern "fly plaid".)