Putting on a Plaid!

[Panache]

I like how he mentions how you could use the folds as a cloak hood if it were cold.

It reminds me of being at a small games (Ardenwood maybe?) and the one time I wore a belted plaid to a games.

I got there right when it opened and the weather was unfortunately cold and the sky overcast and dark. There was a poor band scheduled to play right at the opening and I stood before the stage next to another fellow also wearing a belted plaid. We were 2/5 of the audience!

And then it started to rain!

I remembered that you could do the trick of wearing the flaps/folds as a cloak so I unpinned them from the brooch at my shoulder and covered my head. It worked really well! I looked at the other fellow to see if he would do the same and he looked at me sadly and said "Mine's fake and everything is sewn into place" before he walked away to get out of the rain.



I have never felt the urge since then to wear a belted plaid/great kilt to any event other than the Renaissance Faire (where it is obviously several decades out of place) but it is a fun memory.

Cheers

Jamie