Wearing a Plaid as a Practical Accessory

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While I do agree that the fly plaid (worn as a fly plaid) looks a tad dainty as a piece of daywear, when carried as a day plaid or at least properly kept under control, it looks more proportional than the full day plaid, which has the tendency to appear oversized. In fact, when carried on one shoulder, it seems to almost belong there.

I will agree that it could stand to be larger, perhaps six feet square.

Livonian, would it be possible to post a photo of you wearing the fly plaid like a day plaid? I'd be interested to see how it looks proportionally, compared to a day plaid.

When I ordered my kilt, I bought an extra 5 yards of double-width tartan with it, partly for the purpose of making a day plaid. I have never gotten around to cutting the length I need for a day plaid, because I know there's a lot of work in hand-purling the fringe at the ends. One of these days I'll get around to it, but one of the things that concerns me about carrying around a day plaid is keeping it on my shoulder. Apparently my shoulders are narrow enough and have just enough slope that it's difficult to keep anything draped over them. When carrying a satchel or duffel bag, for instance, I constantly have to readjust it or keep one hand on the strap, lest it slide off my shoulder. If I were to carry a day plaid, I'm thinking I'd have to do the full-chest wrap like Euan MacPherson of Glentruim, rather than folding it over length-wise and simply draping it over one shoulder.

I'm unlikely to go with a smaller plaid like a fly plaid, but it is possible that I might need to scale down the day plaid to account for my small stature and shoulders. Just purely for visual aesthetic purposes, I'd be very interested to see what your fly plaid looks like when worn as you describe.