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In the Army, certainly not!
Hard to tell in the photo, but the skeans, dirks, sporran cantles, jacket buttons, and jacket braid are gold/gilt, while the plaid brooches and the PM's crossbelt and waistbelt hardware are silver.
Here the DM's sporran cantle and waistbelt and crossbelt buckles mix gold and silver. The PM's jacket is trimmed in gold but all of his buckles, weaponry, badges, plaid brooch, sporran hardware, etc are silver.
Last edited by OC Richard; 17th May 13 at 08:36 PM.
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Yes, perhaps, but I think the OP was asking about TCHD and not Military or Band dress, Richard.
Last edited by ThistleDown; 17th May 13 at 09:12 PM.
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Yes but I've long noticed the continual interaction between civilian Highland Dress and military Highland Dress. I could have posted a pile of photos of civilians likewise mixing metals but it would have taken me a while to find them, and these Army photos were at hand.
It's apparent (at least to me) that time and time again the army preserves older ways, traditional ways, of wearing Highland Dress (civilian Highland Dress) even when such things are lost or become uncommon in civilian Highland Dress.
The list of such things is quite long, but for a few I could mention
not wearing kilts too low
not having belt loops on kilts
having boxpleated kilts
having kilts pleated to the line
wearing kilts with a higher waist
not pulling hose too high
wearing hose of a different pattern than the kilt
mixing multiple tartans in the same uniform
all things which were traditional in civilian dress, but are nowadays primarily preserved in the army.
I don't think getting all the metals to match has ever been a concern in any sort of Highland Dress, civilian or military.
Last edited by OC Richard; 18th May 13 at 04:46 AM.
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Yes, tradition evolves, regimentation does not.
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Well, I've been matching leathers (always black, never really a fan of brown) as a general rule since I started caring about how I dressed, late teens I guess. And for a long time my metals- buckle, watch, rings, tie bar, usually glasses, were always gold or gold toned. This was a no brainer most of the time; if you bought a black belt at Sears it usually came with a gold buckle etc..
When I got serious about kilt wearing it seemed like damn near every thing that was readily available and 'affordable' had black leather and silver metals, including the straps and buckles on the kilts, so I adapted to that, and all my kilt belt buckles and my one metal cantled sporran are silver toned.
That being said, at no time did I think I needed to change my jewelry or glasses etc. to match. I guess I come to mentally make a distinction between metals that are 'part of the clothing' including the sporran, and the 'optional bling', so my rings and watch are still gold, and I may wear gold toned kilt pins, cuff links etc. as the mood strikes me.
Last edited by Zardoz; 18th May 13 at 11:18 AM.
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