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    I'm going to offer some constructive criticism which I hope will be received in the spirit offered (trying to be helpful).

    I know nowadays pipe bands are somewhat dull affairs with black Glengarries, black jackets, black hose, and often black bag-covers on the pipes.

    In 1912 there was far more colour.

    Not to be taken completely literally, but yet an extremely helpful colour look at dress of that period, is The Scottish Tartans. It was published around 1920 but the illustrations show the Highland Dress of a decade or two earlier, the Edwardian period.

    I just threw together a quick collage of six of the illustrations to function as a sort of Mood Board:



    My suggestions would be:

    1) the doublets could be black, but just as likely were dark blue or dark green. The trim on the doublets (which is called "lace" in British military jargon, and "braid" in the USA) would probably be metallic gold, or silver. Sometimes doublets were made with matching lace, black-on-black, blue-on-blue, or green-on-green.

    2) the shoes would be black.

    3) the kilts, plaids, and hose would all be matching tartan. The tartan would probably be one of the common Clan or military tartans.

    4) the plaid brooches would be silver with an amber Cairngorm stone.

    5) the waistbelts and crossbelts would be plain black leather with silver fitments.

    6) the Glengarries would be dark blue regardless of the doublet colour.

    7) the bagpipes would be extremely dark brown, or black, wood. Some pipes would be fully mounted in ivory, some half silver and half ivory. The bag-covers would probably be matching tartan to the kilts, plaids, and hose.
    Last edited by OC Richard; 18th October 21 at 04:02 PM.
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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