White Tie Etiquette

[OC Richard]

Richard, I curious about your take on the piper on the left. He seems to have around ten medals hanging from his doublet. Would these be piping awards, do you think?

Yes and it's something you don't see nowadays, competitors wearing medals, but it used to be common:



You see this sometimes, a wide black sash-thing with all the medals pinned on it. That way whatever outfit you're wearing you can put the sash over it. A while back one of these sashes, covered with medals, was up on Ebay. The medals were from over a century ago from numerous Highland Games in Scotland.



And not just pipers, here are Highland dancers wearing their medals while dancing:



And a very successful Highland athlete, wearing his medals on one of those sashes:



Here's a completely different thing, a military veteran wearing his medals: