Piper's plaid/Full plaid with an Argyll jacket?

[JSFMACLJR]

Aha!

You're right puffer - the gentleman on the left in the picture actually doesn't wear a pleated plaid!

Could you enlighten me though, or any of you, how the lad has wrapped it around him, because I find it hard to see (I like the way he wears it!) and where can I get one of those plaids? (edit: I have just nicked my mom's 3 ft shawl and found out how the guy is wearing it, so that problem is solved)

Thanks for all the comments!

Daniel

Well, actually, the gentleman on the left (to the right of my father) iswearing a pleated plaid. I have seen another photograph of him from the front.

There is some misunderstanding here: Most of the gentlemen with my father are wearing what some call a "laird's plaid." Gentlemen still wear them. In the 1930's, when the picture of my father at the Argyllshire Gathering was taken, full plaids were frequently worn, both in the day and in the evening. Gentlemen folded the plaids into pleats in the front part, but these pleats were not the pre-made pleats of perfect depth one sees usually on pipers today.

Here is the late McKerrell of Hillhouse:

His plaid is worn in this photograph with an open fronted doublet.

Here is another photograph, showing a full plaid:


As Louisville is in the grips of a horrific ice storm, and our power is off ( I'm on my laptop at my mother's ), I do not have ready access to the photo from Oban showing the full plaid with day wear. Suffice it to say, it is worn with a tweed doublet, with several buttons fastened. Not excessively cumbersome.

Kind regards,
Sandford MacLean

[puffer]

Well, actually, the gentleman on the left (to the right of my father) iswearing a pleated plaid. I have seen another photograph of him from the front.

There is some misunderstanding here: Most of the gentlemen with my father are wearing what some call a "laird's plaid." Gentlemen still wear them. In the 1930's, when the picture of my father at the Argyllshire Gathering was taken, full plaids were frequently worn, both in the day and in the evening. Gentlemen folded the plaids into pleats in the front part, but these pleats were not the pre-made pleats of perfect depth one sees usually on pipers today.

Here is the late McKerrell of Hillhouse:

His plaid is worn in this photograph with an open fronted doublet.

Here is another photograph, showing a full plaid:


As Louisville is in the grips of a horrific ice storm, and our power is off ( I'm on my laptop at my mother's ), I do not have ready access to the photo from Oban showing the full plaid with day wear. Suffice it to say, it is worn with a tweed doublet, with several buttons fastened. Not excessively cumbersome.

Kind regards,
Sandford MacLean

Thank you SIR. IYHO are the other "Laird Plaides simply being worn with out "pined pleats. & was this not the most common ??

Puffer

[JSFMACLJR]

Thank you SIR. IYHO are the other "Laird Plaides simply being worn with out "pined pleats. & was this not the most common ??

Puffer

They are usually worn folded into a rectangle, as seen in the Argyllshire Gathering photo of my father, and worn on the left shoulder. If needed on account of the weather, they could be wrapped around, or draped, or used in whatever manner was useful and comfortable! They were not pleated, however.

Cheers,
Sandford

[puffer]

They are usually worn folded into a rectangle, as seen in the Argyllshire Gathering photo of my father, and worn on the left shoulder. If needed on account of the weather, they could be wrapped around, or draped, or used in whatever manner was useful and comfortable! They were not pleated, however.

Cheers,
Sandford

SIR, your Clarifican & athentication of the LAIRD PLAID, the wearing etal is GREATLY APRECIATED Thank you

Puffer