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16th August 11, 11:34 AM
#13
 Originally Posted by Thomas H
Who can wear Hackles in there hat ? anyone or just pipers?
And I want to wear a sprig of pine in my hat (Ferguson plant badge) is there
a right way or wrong way? Someone should write a code of dress book.
Thank You.
In my opinion, I like to see the wearing of coloured hackles, cock feathers, etc, to pipers, or pipe band members, who are in uniform, and perhaps have the aforementioned items as a chosen uniform accessory. I believe there is no right or wrong way to wear your clan's plant badge.
Typically what I do is...first, collect a few sprigs of whatever the plant badge is, be it boxwood, pine, white heather, red whortleberry, bracken, etc; second, wrap each sprig together with green florist's tape, which can be purchased from your local nursery or home and garden center, once each individual sprig is wrapped together to form a "spray," it is ready to be tucked behind your clan badge (brooch). I tend to tuck the plant badge behind the front part of the bonnet's cockade, where there is a bit of a "pocket." The plant badge tends to fit securely in this fashion, and to me, looks better than have any portion of the green florist's tape showing if one were to simply tuck the plant badge spray directly behind the actual clan badge.
Take a look below. I am wearing boxwood, white heather, and purple heather. You can control how large you want your plant badge to be, by adding as many sprigs to form the spray, as you so desire. For me, the size of my plant badge varies, and really depends on what I prefer that day. Sometimes, as the situation dictates (indoors, formal functions, etc), I do not wear a plant badge in my bonnet at all, but rather on the left lapel of my tweed jacket.
Me on your right, wearing white heather.

Boxwood.

Purple heather.

Cheers,
Last edited by creagdhubh; 16th August 11 at 12:48 PM.
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