Shoulder plaid(e)/ Day plaid(e)

**Dutchomatic** · 29th October 07, 12:17 PM

The only movie I have seen one in is "Mary of Scotland" 1939 with Katherine Hepburn. It was just on TCM here in Texas. One of her suitors in the movie had one. Looked awesome, to me. Odd thing to me was that even though he was wearing everything properly, he was in a post Victorian modern kilt as opposed to what someone would have worn during the Elizabeth/ Mary period.

Slainte,
Brent
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**highlander_Daz** · 29th October 07, 12:21 PM

heres a good site for making a pipers plaid

http://www.eyrewaves.co.uk/pipingpages/plaid.htm

**highlander_Daz** · 29th October 07, 12:22 PM

i sometimes wear a fly plaid, despite some kids once cemmenting that you look like batman with a tartan cape.

**highlander_Daz** · 29th October 07, 12:28 PM

heres a fantastic step by step guide to wearing a pipers plaid

http://www.house-of-tartan.co.uk/inf...rs-plaids.html

**Dutchomatic** · 29th October 07, 01:12 PM

Yep. Killer info. I'll pass this one to my PM in case he wants to post it on our site.

**Dutchomatic** · 29th October 07, 01:02 PM

Thanks Highlander Daz. Thats good education in there. Of course no insinuation towards you being snooty. Ha! I have a buddy that has a place out in Miltonduff about 35 miles from you as the crow flies. Beautiful house, man. He's got horses....good bit of land.

Funny about the tartan Batman cape...another reason to not wear one. The pipers plaids are cool in my book. Hoping my pipe major orders those for all of us coming up...

Ever heard of anyone in a pipers plaid in civvies without a doublet? They seem to be more of a uniform item. Can't say I have seen them with Argylls, Braemars, Crails or Prince Charlies.

Slainte,
Brent
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**thescot** · 29th October 07, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Dutchomatic

. . .Ever heard of anyone in a pipers plaid in civvies without a doublet? They seem to be more of a uniform item. Can't say I have seen them with Argylls, Braemars, Crails or Prince Charlies.
. . .

No! And I hope I don't. It would be a little like wearing a feather bonnet with a cordoroy sport coat and blue jeans; not illegal, but kind of, well, tacky. (According to my grandmother, God rest her sould for these 25 years, nothing is worse than being tacky!)

There's a reason why they're calle "pipers' plaids." they look great on a uniform, but . . .

And Dalglish, I think he was joking about the know-it-all stuff. Most of us can use all the help we can get.

**Dutchomatic** · 29th October 07, 01:14 PM

Aye...point well made, thescot. We can certainly use all the help we can get.

Slainte,
Brent
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**Dutchomatic** · 29th October 07, 01:24 PM

I agree Texas is usually pretty mild. Summers are HOT! I have lived here 4 different times growing up and in the military. I think Texas "not getting cold" is a misnomer. Unless you're from Tuktoyektuk Canada. I live in Houston and have spent the last 3 winters scraping ice off of my windshields in the afternoons and bundling up in coats. Galveston got enough snow to make snowmen in 2005. The first time it had snowed in 100 years. I guess I brought the cold with me in '04. I bet I could find use for the plaide. HA!

Slainte,
Brent
GCFFP&D

**gilmore** · 29th October 07, 01:12 PM

I wouldn't think you would get much use out of a day plaid in Texas, unless you live in a part of it that is sometimes cold. Otherwise it's likely to be a useless accessory that gets in the way.

On the other hand, it could be useful for all sorts of things, such as to wear over your head when it rains or to protect it from the sun if you don't have a hat, to bundle things in and carry them, etc