Fasionable to wear Pins on Kilt (not kilt pins)

[Kamilavalamp]

I recently got a 2-1/2in Roddy Piper Memorial Pin to wear on my kilt in memory of the great wrestler, movie Star, and my childhood hero Roddy Piper.
What's some of your opinions about wearing pins other than kilt pins on your kilt?

[Father Bill]

There's a very wide diversity of opinion on what makes a pin suitable for kilts. Do you have a photo?

Some examples:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...lt-pins-64703/

[Kamilavalamp]

There's a very wide diversity of opinion on what makes a pin suitable for kilts. Do you have a photo?

Some examples:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...lt-pins-64703/

It's not heavy enough to use as a kilt pin. I was gonna wear it on my kilt in addition to my kilt pin. Here's A link to it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252089559725...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Father Bill]

It is absolutely nothing I would ever do, but suit yourself. It's more like any other campaign button than a kilt pin, so I guess you can do whatever you want with it if that's your taste.

[Mike S]

Maybe on a utility kilt or other "hanging out with the guys at the bar/pub" sort of attire/situation, but not with traditional dress.

As Father Bill observes, not something I would wear either. But you pay your money and take your choice.

[The Q]

As I may have said elsewhere, My own choice is to wear a pin appropriate for the situation, as I do for ties.
For the sailing club events I have made a sailing boat pin (magnet) of the type I race.
I'm working on something for my model railway club events and also I am looking for something suitable for Collie / dog Events.
For memorial events I have a Poppy wreath, which may be worn on it's own or above my Grandfathers Royal Tank Regiment badge or / and my other Grandfathers WW2 Railway Service Badge.
I have no Idea what I'll wear for the next work event, but it WON'T be a company badge.

So to me wearing that pin would purely depend on the situation.

[English Bloke]

Wear the badge as you see fit. It may not be conventional but as you've explained, this person is important to you. I do think it would look better on casual kit rather than best kit but that's just a personal observation.

[The Wizard of BC]

It's sort of strange how all these myths and "You should do this or not do that" stuff came about.

I often tell customers that there are only three things to remember when wearing a pin on a kilt.

1) Never, ever, pin the two aprons together. You will tear your kilt. The pin is not to hold the kilt closed.
2) The pin is also not a weight to hold the apron down. The kilt is a wrap around garment. If the front apron flies up I have another one underneath facing the other direction that won't fly up. I don't have a modesty problem. If you are in a situation where the wind or gusts are strong enough to lift both aprons no pin is heavy enough to hold things down.
3) The Kilt pin is actually equivalent to a lady wearing a brooch. It is that little piece of shiny jewelry in your outfit. It is bling. It serves no other purpose.


If a kilt guy goes to a flea market you will find it is the guy looking through the old jewelry cases looking for new and unique kilt pins.
I have kilt pins that look traditional and I have some less traditional. All of my pins have some sentimental value to me. Some have the vertical shape we often see, some are round, some are unusual shapes like the First Nations designed Orca shaped pin which I received when I passed 15 years as a volunteer Docent at the Royal British Columbia Museum.

I have never worn a button with a phrase or a pin with a picture on it. Not with a kilt or with trousers. Those are just not my style.

If you decide you wish to do so then I say that is enough reason for me. You don't have to explain it to me or ask my permission.

[Roderick Powell]

It's sort of strange how all these myths and "You should do this or not do that" stuff came about.

I often tell customers that there are only three things to remember when wearing a pin on a kilt.

1) Never, ever, pin the two aprons together. You will tear your kilt. The pin is not to hold the kilt closed.
2) The pin is also not a weight to hold the apron down. The kilt is a wrap around garment. If the front apron flies up I have another one underneath facing the other direction that won't fly up. I don't have a modesty problem. If you are in a situation where the wind or gusts are strong enough to lift both aprons no pin is heavy enough to hold things down.
3) The Kilt pin is actually equivalent to a lady wearing a brooch. It is that little piece of shiny jewelry in your outfit. It is bling. It serves no other purpose.


If a kilt guy goes to a flea market you will find it is the guy looking through the old jewelry cases looking for new and unique kilt pins.
I have kilt pins that look traditional and I have some less traditional. All of my pins have some sentimental value to me. Some have the vertical shape we often see, some are round, some are unusual shapes like the First Nations designed Orca shaped pin which I received when I passed 15 years as a volunteer Docent at the Royal British Columbia Museum.

I have never worn a button with a phrase or a pin with a picture on it. Not with a kilt or with trousers. Those are just not my style.

If you decide you wish to do so then I say that is enough reason for me. You don't have to explain it to me or ask my permission.

The members of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society who danced with the dance group in the South Dorset Caledonian Society were often Issued with annual dance badges. Some members wore these badges above their Kilt Pins. These were Scotsmen who had moved to Dorset with their employment. They obviously knew their Kilt Etiquete
and I would agree with Steve's comment. I did not display my badge in this way as it would be something else to tangle up in a bramble whilst out walking , or wind up in the hem of a ladies dress, as I have previously stated in my Kilted Adventures. Roderick

[Spartan Tartan]

If you wear a pin on your kilt, it is then a "kilt pin".

Whether or not doing so is proper, well... that's a loaded question and is framed entirely in the mind of the respondent (or questioner).

You can see the various types of responses already in this thread within the first 9 posts. I'm not here to say, "wear what you want", but....

I don't wear kilt pins at all. I do tend to dress more traditionally, or conservatively. That being the case, I would personally not wear anything that was otherwise not suited to the rest of my outfit. Of course, if I were wearing my kilt with a punk-rock t-shirt then the style of kilt-pin I might select would come from a much wider range of possibilities.

Wear it and enjoy.