[puffer]

This picture is representative of a "Laird's Plaid" being worn.


NOTE the different "drapes" & "lengths".

Puffer

[Jack Daw]

Originally Posted by puffer

Correct me if I am wrong, but the "so called piper's Plaid" you are refering to is a "LAIRD's Plaid" Usually about the size of a "car blanket.(4' x 6-8') I have 2 & I use them often. not only for the look (draped over the shoulder ( NO PINS) but utility. ( drapped over both shoulders,like a shawl) like a Large scarf on a cold bench, etc That is what they are for. I wish I could afford more !!!

Puffer

I've got a laird's plaid, but I'm still looking for the right occasion to wear it. I quite like it. I got it second hand off a dead MacIntyre.

[Nighthawk]

Originally Posted by puffer

Here is a "reenacting" look"

And the coincidence there is... that's the exact tartan that I use!

[Nanook]

Originally Posted by puffer

This picture is representative of a "Laird's Plaid" being worn.


NOTE the different "drapes" & "lengths".

Puffer

"Laird's Plaid" are just belted plaids and are indeed in "different lengths" as full and half among others.. What I see in the photographs are full plaids just not always worn in the regimental manner.
These are to be distinguished from the fly plaids--- which are squares (generally 150cm as that's the typical width of the looms) of cloth with pearl fringes on its corners-- and the once common day plaids which are multi-functional rectangular "blankets" made of a few yards of heavyweight tartan or tweed cloth with twisted threads (fringes or tassels) on the four corners. These are not pleated.

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[Kilted Craanen]

Aha!

You're right puffer - the gentleman on the left in the picture actually doesn't wear a pleated plaid!

Could you enlighten me though, or any of you, how the lad has wrapped it around him, because I find it hard to see (I like the way he wears it!) and where can I get one of those plaids? (edit: I have just nicked my mom's 3 ft shawl and found out how the guy is wearing it, so that problem is solved)

Thanks for all the comments!

Daniel

[puffer]

Originally Posted by Kilted Craanen

Aha!

You're right puffer - the gentleman on the left in the picture actually doesn't wear a pleated plaid!

Could you enlighten me though, or any of you, how the lad has wrapped it around him, because I find it hard to see (I like the way he wears it!) and where can I get one of those plaids? (edit: I have just nicked my mom's 3 ft shawl and found out how the guy is wearing it, so that problem is solved)

Thanks for all the comments!

Daniel

Daniel, Way to go on figuring out how he "draped" it. It took me "SEVERAL" trys, & I am used to wearing them regularly

Actually, I do not think any are wearing a "Pleated Plaid". Esp. look @ the gentleman on the back right.

BTW, this style plaid, IMHO is an EXTREMELY USEFUL assy. Of course to complete the "look" you need a cane or walking stick

Puffer

[JSFMACLJR]

Originally Posted by Kilted Craanen

Aha!

You're right puffer - the gentleman on the left in the picture actually doesn't wear a pleated plaid!

Could you enlighten me though, or any of you, how the lad has wrapped it around him, because I find it hard to see (I like the way he wears it!) and where can I get one of those plaids? (edit: I have just nicked my mom's 3 ft shawl and found out how the guy is wearing it, so that problem is solved)

Thanks for all the comments!

Daniel

Well, actually, the gentleman on the left (to the right of my father) iswearing a pleated plaid. I have seen another photograph of him from the front.

There is some misunderstanding here: Most of the gentlemen with my father are wearing what some call a "laird's plaid." Gentlemen still wear them. In the 1930's, when the picture of my father at the Argyllshire Gathering was taken, full plaids were frequently worn, both in the day and in the evening. Gentlemen folded the plaids into pleats in the front part, but these pleats were not the pre-made pleats of perfect depth one sees usually on pipers today.

Here is the late McKerrell of Hillhouse:

His plaid is worn in this photograph with an open fronted doublet.

Here is another photograph, showing a full plaid:


As Louisville is in the grips of a horrific ice storm, and our power is off ( I'm on my laptop at my mother's ), I do not have ready access to the photo from Oban showing the full plaid with day wear. Suffice it to say, it is worn with a tweed doublet, with several buttons fastened. Not excessively cumbersome.

Kind regards,
Sandford MacLean

[puffer]

Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR

Well, actually, the gentleman on the left (to the right of my father) iswearing a pleated plaid. I have seen another photograph of him from the front.

There is some misunderstanding here: Most of the gentlemen with my father are wearing what some call a "laird's plaid." Gentlemen still wear them. In the 1930's, when the picture of my father at the Argyllshire Gathering was taken, full plaids were frequently worn, both in the day and in the evening. Gentlemen folded the plaids into pleats in the front part, but these pleats were not the pre-made pleats of perfect depth one sees usually on pipers today.

Here is the late McKerrell of Hillhouse:

His plaid is worn in this photograph with an open fronted doublet.

Here is another photograph, showing a full plaid:


As Louisville is in the grips of a horrific ice storm, and our power is off ( I'm on my laptop at my mother's ), I do not have ready access to the photo from Oban showing the full plaid with day wear. Suffice it to say, it is worn with a tweed doublet, with several buttons fastened. Not excessively cumbersome.

Kind regards,
Sandford MacLean

Thank you SIR. IYHO are the other "Laird Plaides simply being worn with out "pined pleats. & was this not the most common ??

Puffer

[JSFMACLJR]

Originally Posted by puffer

Thank you SIR. IYHO are the other "Laird Plaides simply being worn with out "pined pleats. & was this not the most common ??

Puffer

They are usually worn folded into a rectangle, as seen in the Argyllshire Gathering photo of my father, and worn on the left shoulder. If needed on account of the weather, they could be wrapped around, or draped, or used in whatever manner was useful and comfortable! They were not pleated, however.

Cheers,
Sandford

[puffer]

Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR

They are usually worn folded into a rectangle, as seen in the Argyllshire Gathering photo of my father, and worn on the left shoulder. If needed on account of the weather, they could be wrapped around, or draped, or used in whatever manner was useful and comfortable! They were not pleated, however.

Cheers,
Sandford

SIR, your Clarifican & athentication of the LAIRD PLAID, the wearing etal is GREATLY APRECIATED Thank you

Puffer