question about flashes

[imrichmond]

While flashes sewn onto garters might be an entirely new thing,

They aren't really all that new; they were the commonly-used form of flashes when I was a kid back in the 1950s and they were certainly in general use long before that. I would estimate that they have been in common use for at least the past 80-90 years.

My preference is certainly for solid-colour flashes. I have them in red, green, burgundy, ancient blue, navy blue, and black and select them according to the outfit I'm wearing, the nature of the event, and sometimes the mood I'm in. I've always felt that tartan flashes were over the top, akin to wearing tartan épaulettes or sliders. Also, I find that most tartan flashes are far too long.