Piper Attire Question

[OC Richard]

I'm a piper, been playing since 1975.

If in Evening Dress I would wear no plaid, no dirk, no dirk belt.

In "traditional civilian Highland Dress" these accessories had gone out of fashion by the 1920s.

Here's one of my TCHD Evening outfits:



I wouldn't wear a plaid with Evening Dress or with Day Dress, in civilian attire.

Here are examples of traditional civilian Highland Day Dress (tweed jacket, brown leather sporran, etc)



Back in the 1980s when I had a full military-style civilian outfit yes I wore the long plaid with doublet: