Those who dress in the style of John Burgess or Gordon Walker are few and far between in the piping world also. With few exceptions, wandering too far toward the theatrical, as Jock has called it, will result in looks and comments of a cynical nature. Even a fine tweed jacket and a balmoral in a colour other than black raises eyebrows if you are anything other than a very accomplished piper. I have read articles in piping magazines chiding the Mr. dress ups whose piping skill does not match their sartorial splendor. Glen Brown, a Highland Society of London Gold Medal winner, has been mocked for wearing a Jacobite blue bonnet and trews on different occasions. It remains, in these times, a conservative fraternity.