So... which plaid is which?

[Jock Scot]

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I do prefer the term day plaid for this style rather than laird's plaid. I would assume that the laird's plaid nomenclature was applied as a romanticised term, possibly because it's a vestigial ornament that doesn't see much use by common kilt-wearers but still remains popular amongst chiefs and such. *shrug again*

So do I. I had never heard the term "lairds plaid"used, until I joined this website........... and I still haven't "out in the wild".

Yes you still see the occasional day plaid worn by some, usually by the Clan Chief and some of his party at an occasion, but otherwise the only time, on rare occasion, I have seen day plaids, is either in a dog basket or draped over the back of a large sofa. I honestly think, the day plaid's day is over and is now solely the territory for the theatrically minded poser.

I actually have one somewhere and I did dig it out of a trunk many years ago when this very subject came to the fore, on this website. I actually took the trouble to measure it! I am afraid that those measurements have slipped my mind now and frankly, I really don't think it matters these days.

From distant memory when I did carry one they were an absolutely a real bind to keep in place draped over the shoulder and on the rare occasion when actually used, they did keep us warm, but as to keeping out the serious wet-------forget it! When the wax coated Barbour coat became widely available, the day plaid on view, swiftly became history for most of us.