Shoulder plaid(e)/ Day plaid(e)

[Galician]

I have a couple of fly plaids from Sportkilt which are about a square yard in size. I wouldn't consider them formal wear, due to that size, but do use a simple brooch to attach them for the same reason.

They HAVE come in handy when it rained.

[highlander_Daz]

heres a fantastic step by step guide to wearing a pipers plaid


http://www.house-of-tartan.co.uk/inf...rs-plaids.html

[thescot]

Welcome up, Dutchomatic.

The only person I ever personally saw with a day plaid was the clan chief at one of the Stone Mountain Games a couple of years back, and I don't remember which one. He had it with him since it was quite cold that day. I also saw an actor on, I think, an old episode of "Hamish Macbeth" from BBC until they cancelled that fine show.

I don't think you "wear" it so much as you simply carry it over your shoulder should you need something warm, kind of like a lap robe. It's not attached or anything, just thrown over the shoulder so it's handy if needed.

Like you, I think it has a nice appearance, and I've contemplated fixing one up for myself, but I always seem to spend my money on something else. And besides, in Atlanta, we don't get a lot of cold weather, so it wouldn't get much use.

Personally, I don't care for a fly plaid since it serves no real purpose except (in my useless opinion) to look something like a breachen faile. If I want a lot of tartan at my back--and I do when I'm really dressed out--I wear my great kilt and let it drape in fine fashion down my back. Nothing looks quite so formal as a breachen faile with a doublet!

[David Dalglish]

If you start calling people from Scotland, which I am one, "know-it-alls", how do you expect to get information & co-operation from the Scots.

[Dutchomatic]

Thanks Highlander Daz. Thats good education in there. Of course no insinuation towards you being snooty. Ha! I have a buddy that has a place out in Miltonduff about 35 miles from you as the crow flies. Beautiful house, man. He's got horses....good bit of land.

Funny about the tartan Batman cape...another reason to not wear one. The pipers plaids are cool in my book. Hoping my pipe major orders those for all of us coming up...

Ever heard of anyone in a pipers plaid in civvies without a doublet? They seem to be more of a uniform item. Can't say I have seen them with Argylls, Braemars, Crails or Prince Charlies.

Slainte,
Brent
GCFFP&D

[thescot]

. . .Ever heard of anyone in a pipers plaid in civvies without a doublet? They seem to be more of a uniform item. Can't say I have seen them with Argylls, Braemars, Crails or Prince Charlies.
. . .

No! And I hope I don't. It would be a little like wearing a feather bonnet with a cordoroy sport coat and blue jeans; not illegal, but kind of, well, tacky. (According to my grandmother, God rest her sould for these 25 years, nothing is worse than being tacky!)

There's a reason why they're calle "pipers' plaids." they look great on a uniform, but . . .

And Dalglish, I think he was joking about the know-it-all stuff. Most of us can use all the help we can get.

[Dutchomatic]

If you start calling people from Scotland, which I am one, "know-it-alls", how do you expect to get information & co-operation from the Scots.

Awww now... I said the "snooty" ones! HAHAHAHA! Have one for us, sir...we're getting dry over here today.

Slainte,
Brent
GCFFP&D

[gilmore]

I wouldn't think you would get much use out of a day plaid in Texas, unless you live in a part of it that is sometimes cold. Otherwise it's likely to be a useless accessory that gets in the way.

On the other hand, it could be useful for all sorts of things, such as to wear over your head when it rains or to protect it from the sun if you don't have a hat, to bundle things in and carry them, etc

[Dutchomatic]

Yep. Killer info. I'll pass this one to my PM in case he wants to post it on our site.

[Dutchomatic]

Aye...point well made, thescot. We can certainly use all the help we can get.

Slainte,
Brent
GCFFP&D