Plaid brooches

[Dale Seago]

I shot an Email to the guy Dale Seago recommended as well hopefully he's a bit more affordable. more than anything I'd like my custom one, but not at the cost of having to buy less booze for my guests or anything.

I forgot to ask my SO last night about pics of the McRae one my SO has at her place as I told you I'd do; but I emailed her today and also reminded her where she stores it, so should get pics from her this evening.

[Teufel Hunden]

I forgot to ask my SO last night about pics of the McRae one my SO has at her place as I told you I'd do; but I emailed her today and also reminded her where she stores it, so should get pics from her this evening.

Awesome, Thank you.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Nothing wrong with wearing an antique brooch, and this one looks fine to me. Rather than wear a dancer's fly plaid you might want to see about getting yourself a "drummers" plaid, which comes much closer to approximating the style of the great kilt.

[Teufel Hunden]

Nothing wrong with wearing an antique brooch, and this one looks fine to me. Rather than wear a dancer's fly plaid you might want to see about getting yourself a "drummers" plaid, which comes much closer to approximating the style of the great kilt.

I actually love the look of a drummer's plaid. I discussed it with my lass, and she requested the fly plaid instead. A drummers plaid would also cover up some details I'm considering for my doublet.

[Dale-of-Cedars]

I picked up this one on eBay, only 1.5" wide, and wore it at my son's wedding:


It was stolen from my checked baggage at LAX on the way home.

I'm replacing it with this one:



It's about 2" x 1.5"

[OC Richard]

This looks to my eye as a brooch for feminine wear, not for male Highland dress.

[Paul Henry]

This looks to my eye as a brooch for feminine wear, not for male Highland dress.

It's a brooch.... it isn't for any gender.

It's for anyone who chooses it, it looks very nice, whomsoever who wear it it would only complement their outit.

Whether the brooch is round, oval or square they are all suitable to wearing with a kilt.
Your choice might not be to wear it, but you can't say that it's not for "male Highland dress"

[Dale-of-Cedars]

This looks to my eye as a brooch for feminine wear, not for male Highland dress.

I can accept your opinion.

On the other hand, I felt that a full-sized plaid brooch was too large for the specific look I wanted for my son's wedding.

They can look fine on many people in different ensembles, especially in piper's full-dress, where a large brooch balances the rest of the regalia.

I chose this brooch for the look I'm wanting to present, and also partly to comfort myself for the loss of one I really liked.

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[OC Richard]

I'd still like to find something at least fairly unique, but am curious if there's anything I should keep in mind in my searching. For instance, are they ALL round? Do they need to be?

A nice antique or (antique looking) one would be nice, most of the brand new ones I see online just strike me as very uninteresting and common...

I never thought about it but yes, all the traditional plaid brooches I've ever seen were round, or at least approximately round- ornate brooches where the ornamentation spills over the edge a bit, as it were. But never oval or square, at least the brooches intended for male Highland Dress.

There are a load of lovely vintage plaid brooches on Ebay all the time. I've picked up a couple over the years, which I wear, old ones made in the 1920s to 1930s, like these pictured in a 1930 Lawrie catalogue:



In fact a few years ago I picked up the very brooch pictured on the far right above.

In general I dislike modern Highland Dress accessories. My sporran, sgian, plaid brooch, and crossbelt hardware are all 70 to 100 years old.

However Glen Esk mades a plaid brooch which looks just like the early 20th century ones, a lovely vintage look, for around 30 dollars.