Plaid Brooch with the great kilt

[Luke MacGillie]

If you are using 9 yards, and its doublewide, AKA something north of 54 inches wide, that is the equivalent of 18 yards of tartan. That is a whole lot to ask of any brooch.

Im 5 foot 8, 180 lbs and swim in 3 yards of doublewide. Now I dont normaly use plaid brooches as they had fallen out of fashion in the 18th century, but many reenactors do use them, even without the evidence and they will very easily pin and hold the cloth to the underlying jacket.

This photo does not show the brooch well, and should not be taken as representative, in that it was for a funeral and was the first time I had the uniform on in a decade, (This was the catalyst for me shaving and comming out with the unit again) but you see how the great kilt comes up and pins to the jacket.

This is the brooch I have, actualy more viking era, rather than something that was worn in the kilt era..........



Wearing a similar brooch in 1995:


This is just after the funeral, brooch is obscured.



Now keep in mind that today, these are decorative items, and most are made that way, not to be functional items of everyday dress......