Next - A belted fly plaid with fringe. - MacGregor Tartan / 1920s/40s

[OC Richard]

Those were called "belted plaids" in the 19th century and well into the middle of the 20th century.

In the military they were worn by officers from around 1800 up to now. (Other Ranks had a simpler plaid, without fringe or tab that goes through the epaulette, the subject of another ongoing thread.)

In the 19th century civilians tended to wrap a full plaid around the body, but in the early 20th century when Highland Evening Dress became more sleek these belted plaids became the standard plaid for Evening Dress.

The drummers in civilian pipe bands would often wear these too, leading to the modern misnomer "drummer's plaid". (In the military drummers wore the Other Ranks pattern.)

So your plaid there was probably worn by 1) an army officer 2) a civilian in Evening Dress or 3) a drummer in a civilian pipe band.

Isn't that MacGregor tartan? That's the tartan of The Essex Scottish (Essex and Kent), a Canadian regiment.

I can't find a photo of the old Full Dress being worn. Their current uniform doesn't seem to use the plaid