New kilt in an older style

[kilted2000]

Would a so called 'pipers plaid' be an alternative that would be close enough, except maybe easier to walk around in? I'm talking about something like this https://www.usakilts.com/pipers-plaid.html

[McMurdo]

Would a so called 'pipers plaid' be an alternative that would be close enough, except maybe easier to walk around in? I'm talking about something like this https://www.usakilts.com/pipers-plaid.html

I would say that it is not a substitute for a Pipers Plaid in that this is strictly civilian while a pipers plaid would be for someone in a pipe band.

[Patty Logan]

Looks so good on you! Just curious how you got it pleated in the black?

[McMurdo]

Looks so good on you! Just curious how you got it pleated in the black?

Pleated to the white line. I'll get some photos tomorrow.

[Patty Logan]

Pleated to the white line. I'll get some photos tomorrow.

Would it still be possible to see the pleating style of your kilt?

[McMurdo]

Would it still be possible to see the pleating style of your kilt?

I forgot all about that, my apologies. I'll try to get something soon.

[Pleater]

Would a so called 'pipers plaid' be an alternative that would be close enough, except maybe easier to walk around in? I'm talking about something like this https://www.usakilts.com/pipers-plaid.html

How much?!?!

Good Heavens - I will have to treat mine with more respect, and maybe fit a padlock for those times I hang it up to dry out.

Our weather is so much less predictable these days that a long paid taken along rolled up or worn can be a lifesaver.

Anne the Pleater

[OC Richard]

Would a so called 'pipers plaid' be an alternative that would be close enough, except maybe easier to walk around in? I'm talking about something like this https://www.usakilts.com/pipers-plaid.html

Those photos don't do any favours for that plaid.

The "long plaids" as they used to be called have gone through quite a bit of evolution over the years.

BTW in the military they've never been the sole domain of pipers.

Originally they're as seen in The Highlanders of Scotland, simply a length of tartan, fringed on both ends, loosely wrapped around the torso.

Over the years some military men began wrapping them more tightly.

Then some military men began arranging the folds in a regular way.

Eventually it led, in recent times, to the folds becoming sewn-in pleats.

This is how loosely they could be worn, in the army, in the mid-19th century



Here's the Colonel and a senior Sergeant of the Argylls, c1890, neither of them pipers, both wearing long plaids.



Here are Scots Guards pipers c1910 showing the random folds seen in the old days.



This Seaforth Highlanders bandsman, serving in India I believe, has his plaid arranged neatly. I think this is the earliest photo I've seen of that.



Nowadays all the military plaids are done neatly. It seems apparent where the pleats are stitched, on the yellow stripe.