A piper attending Burns Night in trousers???

[OC Richard]

Well the gig was last night. In the end, since I knew most of the men would be wearing all their Highland finery, I ended up wearing the kit seen in my avatar with hair sporran, buckled shoes, tartan hose, plaid and brooch, everything. I really need a different jacket though! The Argyll jacket is just a bit to informal for a kit like that.

One man wore a glorious Montrose doublet with lace jabot, tartan waistcoat, antique brooch, etc... the nicest outfit of the evening.

It didn't dawn on me at the time, but thinking back to last night, I didn't see any casual kilts/utilikilts/etc.

I had the only tartan hose...

[Ian.MacAllan]

. . . If I played the Uilleann pipes I don't think I'd wear a kilt when doing so. I think the less we conflate Scottish and Irish culture in people's minds, the better. They are both rich enough in tradition to stand on their own.

Cordially,

David

I'm with David, for the reasons he gives. But I'm happy to learn that Uilleann pipes are not distinctively Irish.

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[Jock Scot]

As the bard was a lowland Ayrshire man I see no problem with the trews. Very popular on a Burns night down in the lowlands and on some of the Isles like Harris with the gaelic singers

I agree.