Which is the correct way to wear a plaid?

[mbhandy]

Hosehead Great Pic.

Where did you get your Kilt Socks? I am in the boonies. need help!

MrBill

[michael steinrok]

Left shoulder for a woman means she is taking or joining her husbands clan . Right shoulder means she retains her position in her maiden clan. For most men this is not a problem . So over the left shoulder it goes gentlemen.

[MacConnachie]

Left shoulder for a woman means she is taking or joining her husbands clan . Right shoulder means she retains her position in her maiden clan. For most men this is not a problem . So over the left shoulder it goes gentlemen.

Aha! Thank you, Michael! I've been asked by a couple of lasses wi Scottish ancestry how they might wear such an item, and my response was rather "unenlightening" and filled with "Well, er, I think it's probably" OKs . . .

Slainte,
Mac

[macwilkin]

Left shoulder for a woman means she is taking or joining her husbands clan . Right shoulder means she retains her position in her maiden clan. For most men this is not a problem . So over the left shoulder it goes gentlemen.

Have a look at this article about women's sashes on the Scottish Tartans Authority's web site:

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/...ess/Sashes.asp

Cheers,

Todd

[mddock58]

I just love the internet! it's a great source for both giving and getting information.

This is great!

[GlassMan]

Well I finally scanned in the old plates I was telling you about. They are from the 1968 edition of Robert Bain's Clans & Tartans of Scotland.

The plate on the left shows all of the Victorian Bells & Whistles and is incredibly elaborate. He is wearing the larger piper's plaid in the Dress MacLeod tartan to match his kilt and socks. Interestingly, Mr. Bain makes rather disparaging remarks about the exaggerations and excesses of the 19th century and yet we can recognize much of it as the "over-the-top" uniform of modern pipers! But thank God no one uses such flamboyant flashes anymore.

The plate on the right shows a kilted gentleman from 1950 wearing a folded plaid in the manner shown in a portrait of his ancestor from 1760. In an affront to many modern sensibilities he is wearing the Cameron of Lochiel tartan for his kilt, the Cameron of Erracht tartan for his folded plaid and yet another unidentified tartan for his socks! Also worth noting is the 3 button daywear jacket. Elsewhere on this forum someone provided a link to a 3 button jacket and the comment was made that most had never seen a 3 button before, only the standard 1 button model. Well, this shows that they were in existence back in the 1950's.

At least that will give you an idea of what I meant by the folded plaid.

[dejudicibus]

Well I finally scanned in the old plates I was telling you about. They are from the 1968 edition of Robert Bain's Clans & Tartans of Scotland.
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Great images, GM. I especially like the left one. It is really rich and very elegant. It is really a pity that today "elegance" for men means to wear anonymous black or grey suits. The only allowed coloured accessory is a tie. Women have much more opportunities. I really think that kilts are a move towards peer opportunities between men and women in dressing too.

Our culture allows only trousers for man, assuming that anything else is good for women only. However in many cultures, skirt-like dressing is very common for men. For example, japanese kimono and arabic galabia.

[dejudicibus]

Well I finally scanned in the old plates I was telling you about. They are from the 1968 edition of Robert Bain's Clans & Tartans of Scotland...

Just a question about hoses: in the images you published, they looks different from the classic kilt hose you can purchase in shop. They looks like normal socks with a coloured ribbon around them. Flashes are really the extremities of the ribbon bow. Since I have no kilt hose, what if I use normal socks and two ribbons of the same base colour of my kilt?

[dejudicibus]

Have a look at this article about women's sashes on the Scottish Tartans Authority's web site:

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/...ess/Sashes.asp

Todd

Mmm... Looking at James Morgan's image it looks like I could use any kind of jacket with kilts, not necessarily the traditional one. It is practically impossible to find in Italy Scottish jackets, and purchasing a jacket from Internet is too expensive. I think I will try to use a jacket of mine, probably a navy blue one, since my kilt is the Hunting MacLeod tartan.

[bubba]

Mmm... Looking at James Morgan's image it looks like I could use any kind of jacket with kilts, not necessarily the traditional one. It is practically impossible to find in Italy Scottish jackets, and purchasing a jacket from Internet is too expensive. I think I will try to use a jacket of mine, probably a navy blue one, since my kilt is the Hunting MacLeod tartan.

Have a look here. http://www.geocities.com/alanhsails/...lt_jacket.html

This is a good how-to on modifying a a regular jacket.