Various Photos of Interest

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Yes that Gordon Walker is not only a fantastic piper and very intertaining man, but also the sharpest dresser.

Here's a group of the world's top pipers dressed for a black-tie event in Glasgow.

You'll note that Gordon Walker is the only gent not wearing a Prince Charlie, and that also he has red laces and buckles on his ghillies, a feature shared by the late John Burgess. He also is sporting an interesting sporran.



By the way, note the interesting shoes on the man on the right in that Highlanders of Scotland painting. They're sort of halfway between ghillies and Mary Janes, as the former usually have four tongues for the laces, and the latter only a single strap over the instep. But this pair has two pairs of tongues/straps.

I have seen this photo before and Gordon looks absolutely awesome! He is one that I have always looked to for inspiration and guidance in my Highland attire. He wears the regulation doublet, as do I, yet I am working on getting a very nice silver pocket watch for evening attire (when wearing a waistcoat obviously), and a gold colored one for daywear with my tweed waistcoat(s). It appears that Gordon is wearing a 'weathered' form of a particular tartan. My next kilt will be the Macpherson weathered and I will no doubt have matching argyll hose-fully fashioned-to go with it, as I have always thought that the weathered hue of tartan would be an interesting contrast with the black and silver of Highland evening attire-just as Gordon proves rightfully so.