Belted Plaid Belt Loop Placement

[Luke MacGillie]

I think both, depending perhaps on if you had actual belt loops, or just a drawstring. In the Memoirs of Masion Grant it talks about how a broad belt was passed thru loops, these would be on the outside. The drawstring I think was on the inside based on what I think im seeing in the Highland Chieftain painting, as it was just enough to get the garment around you, then you still belted it.

Peter in that one surviving belted plaid that you wrote up, was there any wear or damage from a plaid brooch that would clue us in to inside or outside placement of the loops?

[figheadair]

Peter in that one surviving belted plaid that you wrote up, was there any wear or damage from a plaid brooch that would clue us in to inside or outside placement of the loops?

There is no evidence of plaid brooch being used but that's no surprise as the epaulettes are designed to hold the plaid in a way that would not have required a brooch.