Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
To puffer and every one.

Until I had seen the title here on this website, quite a while ago now, I had never heard the description of a "day plaid" described as a "lairds plaid" and with out doubt I can recall many highland "gentlemen" who would never describe themselves as lairds, carrying the plaid at various outdoor functions. Don't forget that in the "day plaids" hay day only the better off (slightly better off in some cases) could afford the kilt and assorted kilt attire and that would have included many a laird, but I have never ever seen or heard that the "day plaid" was exclusive to Lairds. My experience says that is quite wrong.

As a garment to do a job it was the best that we had at the time,there are much better garments these days to do the same job. Having carried a "day plaid" around as a young man at various outdoor functions and found them an absolute bind to cart about, I was delighted to get rid of mine. Although, I have to admit, when I see the pictures of the past with people wearing them I do have pangs of nostalgia. As for today, I really think they are, at best, unnecessary and at worst, a posers tool.
Yes -- they're called Barbour jackets! :mrgreen:

T.